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Originally Posted by inBOIL
If this were a terrorist attack, it would just be more support for the existence of the war on terror. I don't think the government would be reluctant to publicize it.
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QFT...The people who would be in the position to know are the same ones pushing for more TSA funding, why would they suppress?
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Originally Posted by Snowgirl
So, what I find strange is, we are a culture enamored with the cell phones. And not a one person on board had a chance to turn on the phone and call a relative or a friend like in the 9/11 hijacking of that plane. Not one person? Not one distress call from any of the three experienced pilots? I realize it was night and several passengers were likely asleep, but the type of turbulence. Loss of cabin pressure wakes me up. I don't get it.
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Cell phones: *Not* magic communicator boxes.
Regarding telemetry information: if the FAA is leery of me having an ipod on, I think the amount of testing and cost to add a couple megawatt transmitter would be pretty prohibitive.
The technology for that kind of data linkup isn't even CLOSE to new...what exactly do you think flies the UAV's? And that's TWO way!