I've always questioned the whole "calls from the planes" part of the stories from that day. I didn't think cell phones worked when up in the air on jets, at least not back in 2001. Can anyone provide a reasonable explanation of how it could have been possible back then?
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Yeah that's the real problem. Cell towers have a fairly long range but at 40,000 feet and moving at 500MPH the phone would quickly get confused from all the hopping between towers so rapidly.