MH17: Airlines to push for independent guidance on airspace safety following crash

MONTREAL/TORONTO: Global airlines will push to get "neutral information" on whether to use or avoid airspace over conflict zones at Tuesday's meeting of the UN aviation agency and other airline bodies, a European-based airline industry source said.

The UN agency, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has invited the heads of the airline industry, airports and the world's air traffic control networks to the Montreal meeting to discuss what needs to be changed to ensure that airliners are flying in secure airspace after the downing of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 over Ukraine on July 17 took 298 lives.