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jeff47

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7. Just repeating the FAA's logic. Not endorsing it.

Reply to frylock (Reply #5)

Mon May 14, 2012, 11:16 AM

May 2012

And yes, it would be quite possible to modify an electronic device to screw with the RF-based systems on an airplane. But since there's a piece of wetware in the cockpit it's pretty unlikely that it would cause a crash.

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