How To Destroy An Airplane
On our way down to Tampa this past weekend, we had a layover in Atlanta (flying the big D, of course). As we were walking off the plane, Angela happened to pull out her cell phone.
"Oh, crap! I left my cell phone on the whole time!"
I replied, in a sarcastic shocked tone "and the plane didn’t crash. Wow." To which, some lady who happened to be walking behind us said, aloud, and in what I can only assume is her most grave tone:
"Well, thank God!"
At which point she marched on beyond us under Angela’s death-be-to-you stare.
If cell phones could really bring down a Boeing 737, then why are the terrorists still playing around with knives? Why does the TSA even allow these dastardly weapons-O’-mass-destruction on board flights? We’re all doomed, but not from cell phones, but from the people who believe that the act of even having one on can drop a jet out of the sky
For clarification here, the airlines state that personal electronics may interfere with the planes navigation systems (which are not what keep the plane in the air, just pointed correctly). However, this is mainly during take-off and landing. Am I to believe that there are no cell phone signals passing through a plane at this time, just because no one on board is using one? What about all the people using one in the airport who are connecting to a cell tower on the other side of the runway?
Update: Some news for Engadget that supports the comments by Travis. Not that I doubted you, I just wanted to let you know you were right on target.
