Why pilots say turning off your smartphone during a flight is critical
May 15, 2013, 4:45 pm
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Why pilots say turning off your smartphone during a flight is critical
May 15, 2013, 6:01 pm
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“The timing of the cellphone being turned off coincided with the moment where our heading problem was solved,” the unidentified co-pilot told NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System about the 2011 incident. The plane landed safely.
Public figures from U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to actor Alec Baldwin have bristled at what they say are excessive rules restricting use of tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices during flights.
More than a decade of pilot reports and scientific studies tell a different story. Government and airline reporting systems have logged dozens of cases in which passenger electronics were suspected of interfering with navigation, radios and other aviation equipment."
Suspected. Still, no peer-reviewed, reproducible scientific evidence exists. All we have is anecdotal reports by (in this case unnamed) airline personnel.
Public figures from U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to actor Alec Baldwin have bristled at what they say are excessive rules restricting use of tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices during flights.
More than a decade of pilot reports and scientific studies tell a different story. Government and airline reporting systems have logged dozens of cases in which passenger electronics were suspected of interfering with navigation, radios and other aviation equipment."
Suspected. Still, no peer-reviewed, reproducible scientific evidence exists. All we have is anecdotal reports by (in this case unnamed) airline personnel.
May 15, 2013, 7:48 pm
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Per http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-articles.html I'll invite the op to re-post if he wishes with a recap in his own words of the story along with his own thoughts about the story in question.
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