Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Britain's CAA Considers Laptop Ban on Commercial Aircraft

Posted by chrisd on from the your-watch-sir-you-have-to-check-that dept.

hayb writes "An article in Britain's The Register claims that NASA and United Airlines have conducted tests on various aircraft and have found that ultra-wideband (UWB) devices "knocked out" collision-avoidance systems and impaired instrument landing systems. It states that the blanket ban on all devices in necessary because flight crews do not have the knowledge to differentiate between standard notebooks and ones with UWB devices."

3 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. Re:200 Killed by Tetris by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If we get close enough to the WTC, maybe we can play blinkenlights tetris on it...

  2. Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    90 percent of users have NO IDEA as to what devices they have installed in their laptops. Just ask the lUSER? You are truly a moron. Please re-insert your head in your ass. Failing that...blow me.

  3. Britan?? by henben · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's Britain, you assmonkeys.