Passengers Exchange Blows In Moving Airplane

Funny thing is, as alltitude rises, (generally above 10,000 feet) you'll get no reception anyway.

Unless you have a satellite phone.

I think the real question is this; since airline companies know that the use of mobile devices inteferes with navigational instruments which could lead to disastrous consequences, why don`t they install jamming devices on all aircraft in their fleet (they could programme it in such a way that it becomes activated once the aircraft is ready for takeoff). This way, the safety of their pasengers is not compromised and it acts as a foolproof method against the few individuals who feel it`s within their right to cause others harm.

Madness!!

You are right and I wonder about this too. Perhaps such a device for a plane would be too expensive thus increasing the price of airline tickets.

Why not jammers,
It's simple really, the reason some electronics MAY interfer with navigational equipment is because of the rf (radio frequency) radiation that SOME devices 'leak' out or transmit on are close to frequencies used in aviation.
For a jammer, for instance, to jam a cell phone it would have to work on those same frequencies as the device your trying to stop,
Secondly, some devices don't transmit interfering frequencies intentionally, but rather 'leak' those frequencies as a result of being used. ie: printers, cd players, pc periphials etc,
A jammer won't stop this leaking rf , only add to the problem by creating even more stray rf,

hope this helps,

@ EloSela 

I follow you talk? Why u dey call me BushBoy? If na play make u stop am, unless I go start my own o!

You go carry Agbani pic for your profile  _{u wish}

@Millena 

I too well, walahi! If 2 say i dey for the plane, i go fight anyone wey try to report or stop those 2 fighters, but i go let them know say anybody wey lose na him go do skydiving without parachutes! 

ehe h i love lagos aerial pic by mahal (had to cut a little). Also keep in mind as indicated by mahal, the image were taken with a cellular phone's camera so i decided to include some other aerials i have taken. Lagos air looks so clean

just when you think naija people have done everything bush under the sun.  if you want to see drama with naija passengers, fly with KLM. no time one naija person doesn't give the poor flight attendants headache. and what is it with nigerians and airplane food? walai, you will see people saying please wake me up when they are serving food, and even then, after they eat finish, they will be asking for jara, or more juice and pop. na wa o

"I'm tired of reading Nigerians did this, Nigerians did that[.] [S]top grouping everybody together call out Nigerians causing disgrace to this nation by their tribes"
 

@Blackcat
What exactly are you getting at?

The easiest way to change peoples attitudes is to change their environment. They would have no choice but to adapt.Thats why Nigerians behave civilized everywhere else except in Nigeria

orisirisi

i wish u get to meet some rednecks in the states, u will know that such acts is every common even among the whites and not just a nigerian thing. implication is that the environment really plays a part but the person himself is the major determining factor for change.

Assuming that cell phones actually interfere with the aviation navigational equipment (poofs are begining to emerge that they don't) and the plane is already airborne when you discover that a fellow passenger is having a live conversation with his phone; the crew is have some challenges stopping him (I have my reasons for restricting this behaviour to men), what will you do?

Dont you think you should either overpower him or crash? The guy who faught the caller was simply trying to avoid a disaster -  I mean, he stepped in when the caller refused to obey the crew. I agree he should have waited for the superior crew member (this time, the pilot) to make the last move but if they were already flying then, I would do worse if I was on that plane!

Candid.

omo na mental case,

This is really absurd and annoying.  They ought not to have arrested the other guy because he really saved them.  Some Nigerians are goats      

In this era of incessant plane crashes in the country, it baffles me that people that are old enough to understand simple instructions  still prefer to disobey them despite the fact that they know the effect of what they are doing could be disastrous. What an example to set for the next generation! Professionals in the field has said that it interferes with navigational systems of the aircraft, for christ sake obey it. If u want to commit suicide there are several ways u can do that, and not on an airplane where u have other people with you. You can take rat poison for all I care.
The pilot did what he was supposed to do, to throw the two shameless men out of the aircraft. That is standard procedure. It's now left for the police to decide who to punish which I think is the man that was making a call. And I think this serves as a good deterent for those that may want to misbehave on board an aircraft.