(Reuters) - The United States is not currently seeking changes to the U.N. aviation body's guidelines on global aviation following the downing of a Malaysian airline over Ukraine last week and the disappearance of another airliner in March, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.
The Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) plans a meeting of top officials from the airline industry and air traffic controllers in Montreal next week, sources said, to discuss the respective roles of each in airspace over conflict zones.