Comments on: Australia to allow mobile phone use in planes

By: Ashley Armitt

Ashley Armitt — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:50:18 +0000

it should read…

….but don’t fancy listening to the bloke next to us telling his mate how he was full of pi$$ while watching some AFL and spent the whole night on the turps…

By: Gavo

Gavo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:22:18 +0000

Turn it up BGR – you know the Blackberry Bold ate my baby. We all love this blog down under!

By: Trevor Long

Trevor Long — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:15:32 +0000

Well done BGR, nice use of Aussie Slang…

By: Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:14:21 +0000

@andy
well actually, with this pico cell technology, you can get reception at 33,000 feet. It uses a base station on board the plane that creates an area of cell phone coverage about the size of the cabin. Signals are transmitted from your phone to the base station, to a satellite, and finally to the surface.

By: andy

andy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:31:00 +0000

yeah, because we can all get reception at 33,000 feet!

By: Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:17:24 +0000

It came out on Tuesday that the almost 200 meter nosedive was not the result of interference from consumer electronics. Instead, it was the result of a faulty onboard computer system that was sending incorrect information to the flight control system.

By: MiniMe

MiniMe — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:59 +0000

Didn’t one of its planes just fall from the sky because someone was using a blue-tooth mouse (allegedly)?

By: Raymond Babett

Raymond Babett — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:50:52 +0000

yeah… qantas never crashed.