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[this is a repeat of my post on his blog] From what I've read, the devices were wired to detonate via cell phone, and some speculated that the devices were to
by nhebb 16y ago
[this is a repeat of my post on his blog]
From what I've read, the devices were wired to detonate via cell phone, and some speculated that the devices were to be triggered when the flights were over major cities. This raises three questions in my mind:
1. Did the flight paths of these planes actually go over major cities? Or just on the periphery?
2. Will cell phone signals reach flight altitude?
3. (Although Bruce advocates doing nothing) Would cell phone signal jammers on cargo planes be a cheap deterrent in this case?
- rbanffy 16y agoWhat if the device is rigged to explode when the phone loses signal?
- Symmetry 16y agoThen it explodes when loaded into the cargo hold, in which case only the loaders die and the terrorists could have done much better with just a bomb on a street corner.
- rbanffy 16y ago> the terrorists could have done much better with just a bomb on a street corner. Not sure. Do you know how much money would it cost to replace the plane and shut down the airport until officials make sure that was the only bomb? Besides that, the loss of signal could start a countdown.
- Symmetry 16y ago1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No, cargo planes are metal boxes and cell phone signals can't make it in, so jammers would be superfluous.