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Originally Posted by HarryT
It shows that wrist-watches and pacemakers are not a problem, certainly. I guess that the fundamental issue is that the airline cannot know what sort of electronic device a passenger may bring on to the aircraft, and there may well be some which could conceivably pose a hazard to avionic systems. The only practical solution, therefore, is to enforce a "don't use electronics during take-off and landing" rule.
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That's probably very close to the truth of the matter.
Of course, any airplane that takes off might get hit by a meteor, so all airplanes should be grounded permanently. Same logic. Same degree of probablility.
The problem is that this rule has been in effect for years, without anything more than a supposition that there might be a problem, and with no attempt being made to find out if that supposition has any basis in scientific fact. Instead, everyone is perpetually inconvenienced by this most likely scientifically unfounded rule.