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Originally Posted by Z-man
I still don't understand how or why no cell phone communications were made from the doomed aircraft. After so many hours, you'd think one of the passengers would have made an attempt to call, and there was time when the airplane flew over land, if the satellite data is accurate.
Then again, at 30,000 feet, would cell phones be out of range? If not, then the only explanation that makes sense is that the passengers were incapacitated, which would point to the theory that there a deliberate action to cause harm for all of the passengers and crew.
-Z-man.
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MY understanding is that cell phones only work if base stations are reasonably close. At 30,000 feet that may be a stretch even over land with a high density of base stations. Over open ocean, no chance. Different story with satellite phones, but who carries one of those?