Unsafe at Any Airspeed?

by Bill Strauss et al. IEEE Spectrum, Marhc 2006 Is it safe to use cell phones on airplanes? Phones, PDAs, laptops, DVD players, and game machines all emit radiation and have the potential to interfere with aircraft instrumentation. Yet a recent study found that passengers are using cell phones, on the average, at least once per flight, and sometimes during the especially critical flight phases of takeoff and landing. Read more