In this new age of technology, it is incredibly common to see someone with a cellular phone in their hand whether walking across a street, driving in an automobile or buying a brand new one at a local wireless phone company. Seemingly, there are now well over 140 million cellular phone users around the world (Sundeen, 2003). The handheld device is convenient for those who need to call ahead if they are running late for an appointment, to make an emergency phone call or to have a simple conversation. Despite the convenience factor of wireless phones, there are intriguing ramifications such as aircraft malfunctioning, automobile accidents and health issues that should lead to the diminishing of cellular phones.
             Warned by many airline companies, one of the problems caused by cellular phones is the interference with the aircraft's communication and navigation systems. It was not until the year 2000 when all airline companies ban the use of cellular phones. The law restriction was forced primarily because of an air crash of the flight number LX 498 Crossair (Saab 340), a private aircraft, which killed 10 people on board. The speculation was that it was caused by an SMS message received by a passenger and a cellular phone call. Data was misinterpreted which led to a crash (Murtazin & Sennikova, 2002). However, in a 1996 study completed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration found no flight records with any problems with equipment malfunctioning on board aircrafts from cellular phone use (Auerbach, 1999). Furthermore, plane developers Boeing Co. and Airbus Industries have done a simulation where cellular phone frequencies were transmitted to their aircrafts and discovered no interference with any of the systems (Murtazin & Sennikova, 2002). By banning the use of cellular phones on board of aircrafts, the uncertainty of cellular phones being an issue won't pose much of a problem if something did occur like the events of fli...