Jim Henderson wrote:
> There's probably nothing that prevents the cell signal from being used, 
> and if the plane is already doomed, turning on a cell phone isn't likely 
> to make things worse.

The primary reason not to do this is that your phone will be in range of 
many more towers than you normally would be. For some cell systems, this is 
a Bad Thing, for performance, capacity, and possibly even for routing. It 
probably has nothing to do with the actual plane electronics.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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