Who said cell phones don't work in airplanes?

[Ric]

I'm currently txting my friend. He left Orlando International 12mins ago and is currently I last checked as 12,000ft at 300kts. He'll be over the ocean in another 5mins so I'm sure then we won't be able to txt message.



http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AJM80

 

[2turboZ]

Noone ever said that they dont work. It is believed they can foul up the onboard aircraft electronics running on similar frequencys.

 

[IJ.]

But has proven to be an urban myth allowing the airlines to charge insane amounts to use their airphones......

 

[2turboZ]

Yes...accord to Jamie and Adam and the rest of the Mythbusters crew.

 

[Merlyn]

Hell... go talk to the families who got calls during 9/11 from either ppl on planes at the time, or people involved.. I can promise you they didn't use the airphones... (if they did the airlines would have never went into bankruptcy)

 

[Ric]

I lost him a few mins ago. Finally got signed off AIM on his phone.

Lost him when he got above 20k feet.

We had txt convo's til then.