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September 1, 2012

It's About Time We Rethought Gadgets on Planes

Tony Bradley, PC World


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Did you know that if you turn on your cell phone during takeoff or landing on a commercial airline flight, the engines will spontaneously combust and the plane will drop from the sky like a brick? No? Well, that’s because I just made that up.

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