Just realized how new cell towers are messing with avionics in my area.

The local FAA office is getting a lot of calls about it.

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See this all the time with new tech stuff. We rush to put up the latest thing without thinking about how it plays with old systems. It's like when smart home devices mess with Wi-Fi, you know, making everything slow or drop out. Planes should be safe from this, but here we are. Makes you wonder what else is getting tangled up out there.

tylerw921mo ago

Yeah and it's not just the tech, it's the people who sign off on it. Someone in an office saw a report that said "probably fine" and greenlit the whole thing.

hugo_ellis1mo ago

Wait, cell towers are actually interfering with plane systems now? That is honestly shocking to hear. I always assumed those things were tested to prevent this exact problem. Avionics need to be totally safe from outside signals for obvious reasons. It's kind of terrifying that new towers could just mess with that. The local FAA office must be dealing with a real nightmare here.