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FCC mulls 1,400 negative comments about calls on planes
2014-05-20 02:44:28| Telecom - Topix.net
Now that the roar from more than 1,400 people has died down, the Federal Communications Commission can decide whether to allowing cellular service on planes.
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SIA to upgrade planes with new seats, entertainment systems
2014-05-09 06:58:56| Airlines - Topix.net
Singapore Airlines is investing US$325 million to upgrade 19 of its Boeing 777-300ERs aircraft.
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U-2 Cold War spy plane causes air traffic control to crash, grounds hundreds of planes
2014-05-06 14:55:24| Extremetech
Last week, a 1950s Cold War spy plane -- the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady -- caused hundreds of planes across the US to be grounded for an hour, and delaying hundreds more that were already airborne. The U-2, which was just minding its own business at an altitude of 60,000 feet above southern California, triggered a software bug that caused the FAA's air traffic control system to "overload" and shut down. The backup system also failed, presumably for similar reasons. The beautiful irony is that both the plane and the air traffic control software were created by Lockheed. How did an ancient plane that has been trawling the skies for almost 60 years cause such a catastrophic failure?
3 planes make emergency landings at Indianapolis airport
2014-04-30 02:57:40| Airlines - Topix.net
The runways were busier than scheduled today at the Indianapolis International Airport, where three planes made safe emergency landings and 13 flights were diverted from Chicago because of bad weathe Three planes made safe emergency landings and 13 flights were diverted from Chicago on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, according to spokesman Carlo ... (more)
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AT&T Has A Plan To Fix Horrible WiFi On Planes, And Gogo Is Tanking On The News
2014-04-29 18:22:16| Wireless - Topix.net
AT&T announced today that it's working on a way to bring in-flight Internet access to planes using technology based on the 4G LTE network it uses for smartphones and tablets.
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