Airline industry seeks better information on conflict zones


DUBLIN (Reuters) - The aviation industry is still struggling to gain better access to information on conflict zones, more than a year after the downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine last year.

In its report on the MH17 tragedy, published this month, the Dutch Safety Board said the responsibilities of states for ensuring the safety of their airspace should be more clearly defined and that the airspace should have been closed.

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