ICAO can play a vital role in providing guidance to countries in setting up such agreements. Enhance the availability, accessibility, and quality of data to help determine the cause of accidents and incidents. The Board has issued safety recommendations to the FAA to increase the number of FDR parameters. By 2002, all newly manufactured aircraft will be required to record a minimum of 88 parameters and older aircraft must be retrofitted. We made this recommendation because we did not have adequate information about the cockpit environment in several recent major investigations, including ValuJet flight 592 and EgyptAir flight 990, as well the SilkAir flight 185 and Swissair flight 111 investigations.
Aviation is the safest mode of transportation available to the world's travelers.
It is our responsibility to ensure that it remains that way. These measures will help fulfill that duty. Thank you again for inviting me to participate in today's panel.