WASHINGTON (AP) -- Putting video cameras in airliner cockpits is getting renewed interest in the wake of the questions about what happened in the moments leading up to EgyptAir Flight 990's fatal plunge into the Atlantic.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked the Transportation Department, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday to speed up a study on how to upgrade data collection during airplane flights."A video camera could provide valuable information to analyze accidents and create a safer environment for airline passengers," Durbin said in letters to the agencies.
The FAA and NTSB announced in May they were sponsoring a committee to examine how new flight data technology, such as video and real-time data transmissions, can improve aviation safety in 2015 and beyond.