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DutchmanDavid  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?

I always wondered if the "no phones during the take off or we'll DIE"-rule was indeed based on evidence. I guess not :/

This is , in my opinion, a rather disturbing finding. This makes me wonder why and how this has been flying under the "skeptics radar" for so long.





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I think that's because these days it's a pretty minor transgression. What about carrying liquids on a plane, and the rest of the "security theater"? See, for example: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/03/harms_of_post-...