Re:Ask HN: Are mobile phones on a plane taking off or landin...
by elai on Monday September 27, 2010 @02:21PM
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To be able to hear the gsm buzz in their headphones, the cellphone would have to be on their person, turned on, and be about send/receive some sort of call or data. If a cell phone from a distance away can cause a gsm buzz, then being in an area that has cell phone reception would cause the buzz and they need to design their headphone systems better.
Re:Ask HN: Are mobile phones on a plane taking off or landin...
by cromulent on Monday September 27, 2010 @01:36PM
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I thought that they did hear the ATC instructions but they were misunderstood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster#Proba...
Probably the problem was that during approach pilots had the usual GSM buzz in their headphones while trying to communicate with ATC.
Do you really want your pilots not to hear ATC instructions on take-off, landing or taxi? Like not hearing landing clearance, or which runway exit to use, or what other traffic to lookout for.
Do you even know what was the main cause of the deadliest air disaster (583 dead)? That's right, not hearing ATC instructions.