Now this is half a story designed to create a scare on limited facts.
The story's only real specifics refer to interference with comms. Specifically ACARS (VHF) and ADS-B (the SSR 1090MHz frequency).
Now I am no expert on Android phones but am pretty certain they do not have capabilities on either of those frequencies. So what is Mr Teso really saying? That the device can be used to control jamming equipment on these frequencies? So could just about any other programmable device.
Whatever this story is, it is certainly not a "mobile phones on aircraft story". It simply boils down to a much older and well known issue of the vulnerability of ACARS and ADS-B. Is there seriously any aircraft that can have its systems re-programmed over ACARS without any flight crew intervention or knowledge?
Last edited by Dont Hang Up; 11th Apr 2013 at 09:40.