How would you you crash a plane?

[TimberWolf]

Bit of a long quote but I've tried to highlight the most pertinent bits.

Leave your phone in the car.

So not only did he provide no verifiable evidence, nether did you provide a reference. Static from your finger probably poses a bigger risk.

The mythbusters also tried to get a petrol tank to explode by firing bullets at it, as seen in films and people's imaginations, and they couldn't get it to blow up until conditions were exactly right and used [hot] tracer bullets, IIRC.

[BrilloPad]

We are all terrorists now.

[AtW]

Nobody wants to take the risk of saying officially it won't cause any problems because it will take just 1 crash attributed in any way to consumer electronics used during take off/landing to cause massive lawsuits. Keeping status quo is convinient for everybody apart from passengers.

[TimberWolf]

Nobody wants to take the risk of saying officially it won't cause any problems because it will take just 1 crash attributed in any way to consumer electronics used during take off/landing to cause massive lawsuits. Keeping status quo is convinient for everybody apart from passengers.

And yet when a plane is crashing, they all get their phones out.

[hyperD]

When I was flying the Seneca II Twin around the South East a few years ago, I realised I had left my Nokia mobile on. I had received a text message and out of curiosity, as I had a good signal, dialled into my voice mail.

Didn't hear anything over the comms (didn't really hear the voicemail as it was quite loud in the cockpit!), autopilot was still engaged, was around 3,500 ft IIRC.

I switched it off afterwards.

[SantaClaus]

Mobile phones emit a stronger signal depending on how far away the base station is, so I wonder if at 35,000 feet in the air, the signal is so strong that it can interfere with aircraft communications.

Still don't know why I have to switch my camera off when we take off though.

[darrenb]

How would you you crash a plane?

At first glance I thought this was a thread about handling situational interview questions at RBS or the NHS.

[doodab]

At first glance I thought this was a thread about handling situational interview questions at RBS or the NHS.

[darrenb]

"What is your greatest weakness?"

"How would you crash a plane?"

"And where do you see yourself in five years time?"

[Gentile]

How would you crash a plane?

I don't want to give those nasty terrorists any ideas, so I can't discuss how I'd do it openly. Let's just say it involves some snakes and a tall black man, though.