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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 9:56 am
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djk7
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Planes falling out of the sky from electronic device use is a bit melodramatic, the concerns are really interference with navigational and communication equipment.

The Aviation Safety Reporting System is a database that contains a wide variety of entries, including many that pertain to Personal Electronic Devices. A PDF containing a sample of 50 of those is available here. This is just a sample set, the entire database can be searched if desired.

While many of these cases are just incidents of pax not turning off devices when requested, there are a few where interference with radios, ILS, and TCAS systems are at least suspected to have been caused by passenger electronics devices. ILS = Instrument landing system, TCAS = traffic collision avoidance system.
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