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You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by catculation to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-statements-5g

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That problem relates to landing an airplane with a 5G tower near the airport. Nothing to do with passenger phones.

And honestly it's a faulty radio in the airplane. They shouldn't be disrupted by 5G towers at all... but Boeing doesn't want to pay for replacement parts and neither do the airlines.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I didn't make any claims to the effect. In fact, I wanted to make it clear that even these worries over 5G towers aren't really relevant or a reason to keep such a claim alive. There is no need to take my word for it. The FAA has already covered it.