U.N. proceeds with conflict zone flight plan despite Russian doubts

[World News]

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By Allison Martell and Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - The United Nations aviation agency said at a major safety conference on Tuesday it will press ahead with plans to establish a warning system for airlines on conflict zone risks despite reservations from Russia. Aviation officials also rallied behind a plan to track commercial aircraft in a twin response to several Malaysian airline disasters last year. A senior Russian official had told a gathering of the International Civil Aviation Organization that plans for a centralized information-sharing system posed legal risks that could only be addressed by a full meeting of all 191 ICAO member states in 2016. "The Russian Federation has proposed certain amendments, but there was no support for these proposals," he told Reuters.

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