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Old Oct 21, 2018 | 9:06 pm
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Originally Posted by YadiMolina
The answer is extremely simple: if cellular telephones utilizing terrestrial cell signals posed any risk, all cell phones would be confiscated at the boarding door.
lol

indeed.

a few years ago (2015) a colleague was wrapping up a call, when the FA chastised him about his phone not being off. Then the old lady next to him told him "You do realize that cell phones are the leading cause of plane crashes in the US"

I kid you not
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