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Originally Posted by drofgnal
Short answer is yes, they can be if the plane's electronics were not specifically designed to handle it (cable shielding, etc.) Ever put a blackberry next to a speaker phone and listen (radiated suspectiblity). Now imagine a pilot trying to listen to the tower doing critical final manuevering to landing during an IFR approach.
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Ultimately, the airlines are too cheap to take the obvious answer, as are the airports themselves. Most towers (at least as of 2003, when I read some articles on this issue) are still using 1950s equipment instead of modern, more efficient GPS systems.