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Are Cellphones a Flight Danger? They Are on These Boeing Jets

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U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger cellphones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. More than 1,300 jets registered in the U.S. were equipped with cockpit screens vulnerable to interference from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and even outside frequencies such as weather radar, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which gave airlines until November 2019 to replace the units made by… (www.msn.com) More...

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airuphere
airuphere 2
This is why until recently it was turn off all electrical devices before take off.. and now as tech updates.. airplane mode... and the. Wifi only.

Why they didn’t see this issue arriving sooner and buy parts that were resistant is confusing..
yr2012
matt jensen 1
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/are-cellphones-a-flight-danger-they-are-on-these-boeing-jets-1.1288882

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