Malaysian Airlines flight 370

[Irving]

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

[brutal]

I don't turn off my cell when the plane takes off.....I'm such a rebel

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

[KAPA]

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

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.

[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

[brutal]

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.

Proof and reference please.

[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.

[Irving]

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

[KAPA]

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.

Can't tell if you are being serious or not... I guess I will say get out of the lab, and get into a cockpit.

[cofi]

Can't tell if you are being serious or not... I guess I will say get out of the lab, and get into a cockpit.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/my...nstruments.htm

They used something that was strong enough to basically microwave your brain and nothing was affected

[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