Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: jjs@ihlpz.att.com (James J Sowa) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Telephone Causes Airline Fire Alarm Message-ID: Date: 22 Aug 89 20:29:36 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: jjjs@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (james.j.sowa,ih,) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 318, message 8 of 12 In article ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: >I'm skeptical about this article. The plane must have been on the ground or >else it wouldn't be answering the phone call. >-Ron Cellular phones don't have to be on the ground to answer a page message and start alerting. RF is able to travel vertical and horizonal. That is one of the reasons people were able to use cellular phones on commercial airline flights until they were banned by the FAA. "JUST DO IT!" Jim Sowa att!cbnewsc!jjjs Yep this is my on opinion and all that stuff must people add here.