Mobile calls on Emirates flights
 

Dubai-based airline Emirates has become the first commercial airline to allow passengers to make mobile phone calls during flights. Emirates said the first permitted mobile phone call was made on a flight between Dubai and Casablanca.

The aircraft, an Airbus A340, is fitted with a system which stops mobiles from interfering with a plane's electronics. Emirates plans to extend the system to more aircraft and later this year add BlackBerry and other data services.
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*Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid.../7308041.stm)*

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