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"The Indian government ordered its airlines to track planes in real-time Wednesday, after a Malaysian government report on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disaster recommended it to airlines everywhere.\nThe International Air Transport Association will come out with its own recommendations for real-time aircraft tracking by the end of 2014, but the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation\u00A0wants a plan in place to cover the interim. For now, Indian planes will use the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, which delivers short messages from a plane to a ground station, which enables officials to keep track of the aircraft, according to a government release.\nSee also: Underwater Drones With Sonar to Lead New Phase in Search for MH370\nIf ACARS isn't working, the backup plan is to use another system called the\u00A0Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast. ADS-B uses a GPS receivers to broadcast the location of the plane in which it is embedded, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. In the event that neither system is functioning, Indian flight crews are required to report their plane's speed, altitude and coordinates to an air traffic control station every 15 minutes.\nThe Indian government's statement comes as the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 730 enters its third month. The plane, which was carrying 239 passengers, disappeared over the Indian Ocean in early March during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Officials lost contact with the plane at some point during the flight, and the international community now believes the plane crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean.\nFlight 370's tracking systems went offline well before the flight crashed, making it difficult to pinpoint its location. The plane has not yet been recovered.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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