Word: plane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nearly two years ago TWA Flight 800 exploded and fell from the sky off of the coast of Long Island, N.Y. Investigators have since pointed to faulty wiring in the plane's fuel tank but have yet to find conclusive evidence of what caused the crash...
Small electrical devices can similarly distorta plane's navigational instruments. To preventjust such electrical interference, the FAArequires all passengers to "turn off allcomputers, headsets, radios and telephones" duringtakeoff and landing. Although the energy radiatedby these devices is small, it can travel outwardto antennas mounted on the skin of the plane,causing serious interference in the aircraft'snavigational instruments and guidance systems...
...sudden pulse or electromagnetic spike canshort out a wire or...by disrupting electroniccircuits, simply cut off the fuel supply or makethe flight controls on a plane go dead," Scarrysays," isn't it relevant to determine theelectromagnetic features of the air through whichthe plane aspired to fly that night...
Jerry: If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow--but soon, and for the rest of your life...
Elaine: Oh, I always wanted to see that! (She glances at the plane, then back to Jerry.) Think he'll find somebody else...