I'm going to be on an airplane in 3 hours, what do cellphones interfere with on the planes when we're in the air?
It doesn't matter if it's voice or textingA cell phone or PDA when it's normally on, will constantly send out signals looking for a cell towerMultiply that, times 50 devices, and that's a lot of signalsAn airplane is essentially an aluminum tube, and those signals can bounce around, and actually strengthen, thus causing problems with the onboard communicationsPilots have reported static on their radios caused by passengers with their cell phones onAt 25,000 feet, and 560 mph, cell zones are going to be flashing by.
