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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 2:29 pm
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BoeingBoy
 
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While a FCC or FAA inspector who happened to be on board could, at least in theory, hand out fines the odds are slim. To the best of my knowledge there is no "cell phone detection equipment" in any airliner in the world. There could be EM interference which would make one or more instruments act strangely but that's it.

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