Missing MH370: Plane drama fuels aviation security rethink

A ground crewman carrying out pre-flight check on a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion prior to its take-off from the RAAF Pearce Air Base in Perth, Australia, 23 March 2014. - EPA

KUALA LUMPUR: As the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 enters a third week, the piecemeal returns from one of the most intense, international searches in living memory have delivered a public and institutional shock that could force a major rethink about aviation security. 

The fact that a Boeing-777 equipped with state-of-the-art location tracking technology could vanish for so long, is in itself, aviation experts say, shocking enough to compel changes in the way commercial aircraft are electronically monitored.