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Is there any actual reason to turn off electronic equipment during takeoff/landing, or is it just because of government policy based on FUD?
by w1ntermute 16y ago
Is there any actual reason to turn off electronic equipment during takeoff/landing, or is it just because of government policy based on FUD?
- jsz0 16y agoIt's hard to predict what a malfunctioning radio might do. Maybe you could build a device to DoS specific flight control frequencies? Aren't the transmitters/receivers inside the plane? If the external antenna is picking up -80dB and you're blasting out 100dB 20ft away from the reciever who knows? There are probably other precautions to stop this but aviation safety employs a lot of redundancy.
- elai 16y agoTo be honest although, they don't go around meters to detect radio transmitting devices. There are tons of people who forget to turn off the cell phone inside their carry on in the over head compartment, yet that test case hasn't shown a single flight problem.
- ynniv 16y agoNo, the regulation only applies to commercial flights. To be fair, each flight is full of people the pilot doesn't know, bringing random equipment on board. But standard laptop hardware is of no particular concern.