LAPTOPS MAY HAVE caused Qantas flight QF72 to go haywire, say Aussie air safety officials. The incident which left dozens injured as the Airbus A330-300 shot up 300 feet (91 metres) before plunging down again was originally blamed on turbulence, then on an onboard computer and now the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau reckons laptops, messing up the auto pilot system, could be the cause. Apparently investigators found that the malfunction in the planeâs elevator control system was caused when passengersâ laptops somehow started sending confusing signals to the aircraftâs computers. ...
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