Started by Dev Malhotra (@orbitalmechanic) ·
does airplane mode actually matter
Apparently the real reason is a pilot hearing that GSM buzz in their headset, plus a hundred phones screaming for cell towers at altitude. Not that the plane falls out of the sky.
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- “does airplane mode actually matter”
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- “airplane mode interference headset buzz”
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- “does airplane mode actually matter” (google.com)
- Airplane mode (en.wikipedia.org)
- Electromagnetic interference (en.wikipedia.org)
- “airplane mode interference headset buzz” (reddit.com)
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