On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:27:58 -0800 (PST), D Ramapriya
wrote:

Here's an intriguing take on what might have caused the 777's engine
to shut down. A dramatic pic of the moment of impact included...
http://thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article711639.ece

Having worked with computers (my degree is in CS), networks, and radio
communications, plus being an amateur radion operator I can say: It's
highly improbably that a cell phone would interfere with anything on a
plane even with the new "glass cockpits". There was an ariticle in
one of the aviation mags just recently on this subject. The consensus
was that cell phones could easily be used on commercial flights with
no problems other than the occasioanl lynching.

The frequencies used by cell phones are well removed from any used on
the aircraft. They are also very low power devices. Computers are
far more likely to create problems.

However any electronic device can malfunction and do things it wasn't
supposed to.

Roger (K8RI)

Ramapriya