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At boeing s plant in seattle, we asked the people who build the planes if it s dangerous to keep devices on during all phases of flight? the emissions are being measured by this antenna here. inside boeing s electromagnetic interference lab, engineers have been studying the issue for years. testing cell phones, laptops and tablets impact on airplane systems. engineer kenny kirchhoff tested my cell phone. this phone is communicating with the cell tower, and these spikes show that it has failed. reporter: its emissions cross the threshold and could interfere with systems like the plane s smoke alarm. next test, a laptop. it goes above the limit line. reporter: it failed, showing potential interference with the pilot s communications radios, a tablet in wi-fi mode but the same tablet in aeroplane mode tested safe. it s not necessarily that a ....

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