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Catturds of TrootSochul @jorge-s.bsky.social

Funny thing about that is that the cell-phone conversations from that flight were factitious. Cell-phone technology in those days, which was analogue, did not allow contact from an airplane in flight to the cell towers below.

sep 1, 2025, 5:43 am • 0 0

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VioletFemme ex Twitter @voiletfemme.bsky.social

Weren't there reports of family receiving calls?

sep 1, 2025, 6:53 am • 1 0 • view
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Catturds of TrootSochul @jorge-s.bsky.social

Yes, I believe there were. Even audio recordings along the lines of Wag the Dog. Cell-phone communication from airplanes to cell towers was technologically impossible in 2001. It's all been ad captandum vulgus.

sep 1, 2025, 7:12 am • 0 0 • view
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johnnynodens.bsky.social @johnnynodens.bsky.social

There were. He's lying, planes had (comically expensive) onboard phones since the 90s. This is revisionist conspiracism.

sep 1, 2025, 9:22 pm • 0 0 • view