December 21, 2011 - InFlight Labs announced it is adding the industry’s first aircraft-wide InFlight 911 Audio Video Recording System to its InFlight Emergency Services portfolio. "The new product, InFlight 911 Recorder is a major step forward in passenger safety, counterterrorism and aviation security,” said Jay Bekanich, spokesperson for InFlight Labs. 

With the help of inflight Wi-Fi providers, InFlight 911 Recorder will record and stream 2-way audio and video over the plane’s Wi-Fi Internet connection to Air Traffic Management and other government agencies during an aircraft crisis.  

“We will use Class 1 FAA Devices (iPad/Electronic Flight Bags), tablet PCs and even smartphones to offer 'Aircraft-Wide' audio and video 'Air-to-Ground' Communication during an in-air emergency.” 

"With one touch, captured video recorded with the InFlight 911 Recorder can simultaneously redistributed to numerous FAA, DHS and related government agencies for 'shared situational awareness' to bring numerous key resources together within minutes of an in-air emergency,” states Jay Bekanich, spokesperson for InFlight Labs. 

Inflight 911 Services other proprietary emergency communication products include: InFlight 911 Messenger; a secure 2-way messaging system that enables 2,000 character messages to be typed or selected from a pre-defined library. All InFlight 911 Messenger’s communications contain 18 points of critical information about the flight details, flight crew and current crisis situation as well as embedded GPS coordinates of the aircraft's location.  

“InFlight 911 Recorder combined other InFlight 911 Services’ 2-way emergency products will bring critical communication assets together for today and next generation aviation security which will benefit everyone from passengers to airline staff and government officials,” states Bekanich.