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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by davidgay on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:04AM (#13920185)
I haven't got "unlucky" on an international BA flight in 15+ years. So no, it doesn't just depend on the plane.
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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by IceyEC on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:52AM (#13920489)
I flew Cape Town to LHR in January on BA and my entertainment system was stuck in a loop, booting into RedHat over and over again
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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by throwaway049 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:09AM (#13920557)
But at least it's finally the year of Linux in the headrest.
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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by ptaipale on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:40AM (#13921055)
It's not new. I had a 4-hour wait at the terminal to get to a KLM plane in Chengdu a bit over 10 years ago, this was perhaps 2006. The reason became clear when they informed us upon boarding that "the in-flight entertainment system is unfortunately not available, but it is not connected to flight systems and has no impact on flight security".

The entertainment system on the seat backs was Linux in a reboot loop.

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