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Wi-Fi Shown To Interfere With Aircraft Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the nobody-tell-the-tsa dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "It's official: using Wi-Fi on a plane can interfere with a pilot's navigational equipment, according to airline equipment manufacturers Honeywell Avionics and Boeing today. Boeing confirmed to ZDNet Australia that the issue does exist, but said it has not delivered any planes suffering the fault. 'Blanking of the Phase 3 Display Units has been reported during airline EMI (electromagnetic interference) certification testing of wireless broadband systems on various Next-Generation 737 aeroplanes,' Boeing said."

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  1. Re:FAIL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Shut up. This is obviously the fault of the big corporations and their incompetancies, which us enlightened slashdotters have none of.

  2. Tempest in a teapot... by jedidiah · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno. This seems like something with a terribly simple fix...

            JUST DON'T USE WIFI.

    If you want networking in an aircraft, do it with wired Ethernet.

    Of course this screws over all of the most hyped devices but that's life sometimes.

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  3. Re:Just an FYI by Buggz · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are no English words that contain "ww".

    Aww. :(