Tuesday, March 14, 2006

WSJ Explains All

There was an article in the WSJ this morning that explained why cell phones are currently banned from airplanes... they interfere with the plane's GPS and can give false readings...

If a little cell phone can do all that, then its possible that a modified cell-phone looking device could have veered Flight 815 off in the first place! We're told that we're missing some big clue from the Pilot... I wonder if we see anyone on a cell-phone in one of the opening scenes??

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm a pilot, with a gps, and that is a lie! Handheld GPS receivers are also banned on flights and all the do is receive signals, they do not transmit so they can't affect the instruments. The airlines like to have some sort of control over what pax can and can't do on their planes is the simple truth.

M said...

That is really, really interesting! I wonder if we can connect that to Lost somehow... you should send an editorial to the WSJ!!