Not necessarily a case of preventing the disasters that have happened recently but making finding a downed plane pretty quick. Our little system records altitude, speed, heading and status from take-off to touchdown. If the S...T hits the fan, we can at least find our little aircraft. Kind of removes the needle from the haystack. And added bonus ... no matter the range, distance or location we have immediate contact to the cockpit and vice versa. The technology is out there, we just need to make use of it.