it was developed in canada. 40 airlines or flight services bought it even though not required. it sends all the information recorded in the aircraft's black box to a controller on the ground. it allows the airline to know all the critical functions of the engines and exactly where the plane is even if there is a power failure or the plane's other communications system is shut down. >> there's literally no further investment in infrastructure that would be required to do this. obviously more is better but the infrastructure in place now which is the constellation and internet are really the major piece that is you need to do this job. >> reporter: additionally boeing and airbus are equiping all the new planes with an advanced transponder designed to broadcast out to the world where that plane is every second. they will be mandatory in 2020. but as far as streaming all that black box data, there is some skepticism. a spokesman for the international air transportation association says with almost