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"OUT OF CONTROL" COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

Most any kind of electronic device, like laptop computers, can be modified to possibly interfere with the computer control systems of commercial passenger aircraft and be used to cause the plane to crash! Unfortunately, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) feels that since this has never happened yet, why deploy the necessary but potentially costly equipment to keep this type of catastrophic act of terrorism from occuring?

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: NEW SCIENTIST.COM 9/11/02

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