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Why the FAA worries about your cellphone.

By Catherine Harris Posted 12.09.2003 at 5:31 pm 0 Comments

A reader inquires: On a flight recently, I left my cellphone on by accident,
and yet the plane did not fall out of the sky. Aren't "personal electronic
devices" supposed to be a danger to cockpit controls?

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