Re:"Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash"
by sah on Monday December 22, 2008 @04:21AM
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I assume that if cell phones were even a little likely to cause plane crashes, passengers wouldn't be allowed to carry them on planes at all.
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Re:"Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash"
by pmorici on Monday December 22, 2008 @10:11AM
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The very slim possibility of interference is one of the main reasons they disallow them during take off and landing, since that is the most critical part of the flight, the other reason is passenger distraction, they want people paying attention.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/02/41273
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft#Elect...
The reason it is unlikely is because the systems are shielded but you could for see a situation where shoddy maintenance leads to the degradation or removal of what ever is shielding the instrument.