Interesting Fact - Transport
According to the International Air Transport Association, mobile phones and other electronic devices have disrupted flight instruments 75 times over the last six years.
(The use of mobile phones on aircraft was banned until 2008, when the communication regulator Ofcom agreed that carriers could offer coverage above 3000ft, but during one flight electronic devices are believed to have caused the autopilot to disengage at 4,500ft. I am about to fly, so on reading this, I'm not a happy bunny.)
Source: Daily Telegraph
(The use of mobile phones on aircraft was banned until 2008, when the communication regulator Ofcom agreed that carriers could offer coverage above 3000ft, but during one flight electronic devices are believed to have caused the autopilot to disengage at 4,500ft. I am about to fly, so on reading this, I'm not a happy bunny.)
Source: Daily Telegraph
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