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One thing mitigating interference from phones inside the plane is that at those frequencies, the metal shell should prevent the signal from going that far, and
by p_l 5y ago
One thing mitigating interference from phones inside the plane is that at those frequencies, the metal shell should prevent the signal from going that far, and once you're airborne the phone will stop getting usable signal fast (and thus stop transmitting without beacons from base station, in order to save power).
Problem is that some new popular designs are composite shells...
- storyinmemo 5y agoTo be instrument rated (all airline aircraft), composite aircraft must have a metal weave in the outer layer to dissipate static electricity build up from flying through clouds. This preserves the faraday like signal reduction as a side effect. My phone's GPS seems to struggle bus as much in a 787 as any other airline.