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by Maxious 2881 days ago
There's already in many areas a requirement for aeroplanes to provide ADS-C via Inmarsat satellite updates at 15 minute intervals so that makes it easy to regulate (just increased cost making it global) https://www.aviationtoday.com/2015/09/25/ads-c-makes-increas...

The in distress technology isn't locked down yet but one option is increasing the capabilities of the existing distress beacons standards http://insidegnss.com/the-cospas-sarsat-meosar-system/