Inmarsat calls for global tracking of commercial jets

Senior official of British satellite telecommunications company suggests that major nations'apply the technology we already have'

An executive at Inmarsat, the British satellite telecommunications company involved in the ongoing hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, said that a global tracking system should be established for all commercial aircraft.

"It takes a major nation to step forward and say that the world should track its commercial jets," said Chris McLaughlin, Inmarsat's senior vice-president in charge of external affairs.