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- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:26:30 GMT
- From: aub@access.digex.com (Aubrey Philipsz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Cell Phones in the Air
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- In article <telecom12.664.8@eecs.nwu.edu> ddssuprs!tom@uunet.UU.NET
- (Tom Gillman) writes:
-
- > I, too, would like to know why cellular phones are prohibited by law on
- > aircraft. Please post or email any relevant info.
-
- I have been told by someone in the airline industry that there has
- been a ruling on this which now allows for cellular use while the
- aircraft is on the ground; this was sort of confirmed recently when
- the Captain of a USAir flight borrowed my cell phone to allow an irate
- passenger to make a phone call when the aircraft had been holding,
- waiting for ATC to clear it to take off, for about an hour and a half.
-
- Use of cellular inflight falls under the much more broad restriction
- on transmitting devices. The basic reason is that electronics in an
- aircraft are pretty important to the safety of the passengers and
- crew. The draconian measures may seem excessive, but this is a
- "better safe than sorry" situation. I will note that there IS
- interference with navigation systems from radio signals, it really
- does happen, and it is a bit unnerving to have to shoot landings with
- instruments that you suddenly can not trust.
-
- Of course, there is always the question of operating a cell phone at
- 30,000 feet; sounds a BIT higher than the antenna altitude
- restrictions for cellular.
-
-
- Aub
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