Malaysian Airlines flight 370

[asmo]

If you get something that sends a signal, cell phone, wifi, whatever, it messes with the navigation instruments. Specifically when navigating off of the VOR. If you hold a device up to the VOR on the instrument panel or near the antenna it throws it completely off and makes it useless. Most planes usually navigate using GPS but some times they have to use the VORs and if someone decides to be a rebel when they do this, well, you better hope you are not flying a VOR approach to minimums in bad weather.

No.. No it doesn't. Not in any way shape for form. I have proven this using hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of electronics in multi-million dollar labs. It is utter and complete bullshit.

[cofi]

On United, mobile devices are no longer required to be switched off. Airplane mode. Laptops must be off for whatever reason. Fire hazard?

Yea I just flew United like 2 weeks ago they didn't care about laptops either(even thought they said there supposed to be off) the girl sitting next to me had a huge one with like a 20" screen interneting the whole flight

[clodhopper]

Lets see.... survived plane crash.... lost at sea..... what to do? OH YEAH! I need to update my facebook! I will get around to calling for help later.

[RblDiver]

I was reading somewhere that a probable explanation is the numbers were handed to the Chinese (for processing or somesuch), hence why they might be "active."

[Zundfolge]

Ah HA!

I KNEW it!

[ChunkyMonkey]

Ah HA!

I KNEW it!

In fact, they have been looking at a completely wrong location. Malaysian Military was tracking the aircraft changing direction and was flying low over the Malacca Strait.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...-malaysian-jet

[Irving]

This just in, passengers not turning off cell phones suspected to have caused problems with airplane electronics.

[Irving]

Not to mention that all modern airplanes have an emergency sextant on board in case of electronics failure.

[KAPA]

So you are telling me it is magic when I hold my cell phone up to the CDI needle in the cockpit? Not only does it interfere with the VOR, it also messes with voice communications. I had a student one time that brought his daughter along and she sat in the back seat. Coming back to the airport we were getting all sorts of interference on the comms. I turn around and look at her and she says she got bored looking out the window and is on her phone. As soon as she turns it off everything works fine. Have had plenty of other times when phones were left on and we could barely understand our clearance prior to takeoff because someone left their phone on.

Fact is electronic signals close to the instrument or antenna of the aircraft can affect Navs and Comms. I have seen it and experienced it many times in slow planes and fast planes.

[KAPA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0O1_FYzbjw

It is a frustrating feeling when you are trying to get cleared for an Approach when the weather is bad and you can barely hear the controller over that sound.

How many pax on cell phones does your UPS buddy fly around?