MH17: Aviation officials call for anti-air weapons law, better threat data

MONTREAL: Aviation officials called for better dissemination of flight risks and a UN law restricting anti-aircraft weapons use, at an emergency meeting Tuesday on the downing of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 over Ukraine.

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Secretary General Raymond Benjamin and International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director Tony Tyler told a press conference in Montreal that both steps are urgently needed to fill gaps in airline safety in the wake of the MH17 disaster.