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PIA Will Trial Star Navigation's New Inflight Monitoring System
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will evaluate a new in-flight safety monitoring
system from Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd., following the issuance of an
operational STC (supplemental type certificate) from Transport Canada.
Dale F. Sparks, Star Navigation's chief technology officer, said the STC is the final
clearance needed by his company to begin full commercial operation of its
TERRASTAR system in normal passenger revenue service.
TERRASTAR continuously monitors
selected avionics systems, instantly analyzes the data, and transmits them along
with any incident alerts, via satellite and the Internet, to the operator, all
in real time. According to Star Navigation, this is "the first system in the
world" to feature this kind of proactive in-flight data analysis, monitoring and
diagnostics. 09-01-2007. |