Comments on: So, what about cellphones on airplanes?

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 02:14:12 +0000

Beagles.
Or pigs.
(Electronic “sniffers”?)

By: F

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:22:24 +0000

I know a little about aircraft baggage holds: we tried to ship our dog back from Lima on American Airlines. She was placed in a hold that was not pressurized and arrived dead. AA made a monetary settlement that allowed us to purchase another dog, who turned out to be the best dog we ever owned.

I also know a little about that ValuJet fire: a friend of mine was married to one of the pilots. If I understand the story correctly, he met the widow of another crew member at a support group meeting and they later married. Weird how that works out sometimes.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:19:22 +0000

Gregory Harper at 6:56:
My thoughts exactly. I have a flip phone, but only because pay phones are no longer available.

By: R2L

R2L — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:17:50 +0000

2 ideas not yet mentioned, besides the fireproof bag Neo did mention:
1) if it is satisfactory to let travelers have and use their phone before and after flights but not during flight, provide collapsible plastic bags with a vacuum air extraction port, so the bag shrinks around the phone, there is no or little air around it to continue a battery heat started fire. [Cheaper than fireproof bag material? Or combine the two ideas?]

2) for situation where an electrical signal or phone call is needed to trigger an explosion, use those gray plastic electrostatic bags to keep the signal from getting through to the phone receiver [if this idea has limits of its effectiveness, I welcome clarifications from someone who knows this area better than I do. UHF electronics have some spooky “penetration” characteristics vs. lower frequency devices/operations.]

By: rametindallas

rametindallas — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:54:40 +0000

We need a mandate that all phones have user-removeable batteries.

By: SHIREHOME

SHIREHOME — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:57:58 +0000

Didn’t they at one time require you to turn on your computers? Cell phones?

By: Gregory Harper

Gregory Harper — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:56:49 +0000

I know it’s not going to happen but a part of me wishes that not only would cell phones be banned on airplanes they would be banned period. For all the wonderful things they can do, it just seems to me the world was a better place without them. Now get off my lawn!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:36:16 +0000

Another problem with banning cell phones on flights is that they are now routinely used for electronic boarding passes. Of course they could be required to be turned off. But then there are iPads and other devices that people want to use on the flight.

A few years ago I had a laptop with a bulging battery that I didn’t notice for some time, and probably took it with me on numerous flights. I only noticed when the keyboard and trackpad started acting up. I took it to our tech support and they said to replace it ASAP. Apparently the TSA doesn’t look for that hazard, but I survived to tell the story.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:39:40 +0000

Also why is the pic with english lettering not cyrillic and dated in 95 at the time of the first chechen war before his father was even in charge

Is cnn that stupid

By: Karmi

Karmi — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:33:01 +0000

Yeah, Ramzan didn’t act very smart by claiming Elon gave him that Cybertruck.
Now he says:

Kadyrov repeated his claim earlierthis week as he lamented that the high-tech vehicle had to be towed from the battlefield, saying: “What Elon Musk did was not nice. He gives expensive gifts from the heart and then remotely switches them off.”

They have two other Tesla trucks—also with mounted machine guns, but they’re still working…at least until Ramzan says Elon gave them to him also.

Using EVs on a battle field is probably not smart either, but I suspect that Ramzan’s troops are there to force the Russian troops into meat-assaults…