The loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a “one in 100 million flight event,” the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said in a statement marking the first anniversary of the March 8, 2014, disappearance of the Boeing 777-200ER.
Even as the search for the missing airliner continues, the aviation industry has moved to address gaps in its safety procedures intended to reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future by improving the ability of searchers to locate aircraft that crash in remote areas, ICAO said.
“The aviation sector has … learned from MH370 that we must respond to even very rare events in our network when there is a question of public trust involved,” ICAO said, adding that the response to this event has been cooperative and “as a matter of high priority.”
The airplane and its 239 occupants disappeared during a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. Air traffic control lost contact with the 777 about 40 minutes afte…
