How were 9/11 victims able to use their cell phones from 30,000 feet in the air?

Question

I never get reception in the airplane from my cell phone so was wondering how they were all able to use theirs from that high up the whole time the plane was in hi-jack mode for several hours up until about an hour before the planes crashed.

Answer 1

I'm afraid to answer this question. But the fact was that they were descending into New York City and possibly affected the air coordination. IDK and I don't want to risk it.

Answer 2

Well.. 1st off, your supposed to turn your cell phone off. And... wtf. How the h**l do you get a response from that? My cousins boyfriends neighbours died in the 2nd plane, and also... They were flying pretty low (less than 2 miles from the ground) so they could easily get reception. And the plane got that speed because they were on full thrust,while they were still close to the ground, which made them gain speed. And then they also dived a couple times, which adds extra speed, so that's how then went pretty fast. And they descended after they dived, but on full thrust also. So yes, they descended 1 minute before it crashed, but they descended to their final chosen altitude they want the plane to crash at. Also... The plane had built in phones in the seatbacks. So, they couldve called from the plane anyways.

Answer 3

You use your cell phone, in flight, against the law.  Hope you get arrested.

Only one flight had anyone making cell phone calls, the one the crashed in PA.  Some cell phones are satillite phones, and don't rely on cell towers.  Only a few people made calls from that flight.

You really know nothing about flying, at all.  None of the hijacked aircraft were flown very well, as confirmed by the hijackers records who had limited training.  There was no precise accuracy.

Impossible for a human to do?  Time to get back on your medications.  Air to air refueling requires more precision then you seem to be aware of, and it's done every day by larger aircraft than airliners.

Answer 4

Ok, well I am not going to attack your theory but to answer your question  you can get cell phone service above wherever you get it on the ground, for instance if your flying along the east coast from New York to Florida, you could get cell service. Chances are you didnt is either because you were flying over the ocean or in remote areas of the world and the cell phone provider does not have service in those areas. The way cell phones work is the service starts on the ground, it is transmitted to a satellite in the sky orbiting around earth to project the service in one area and then our cell phones pick up the signal. A plane is still between those areas so cell phone signals are still available. The reason why those 9/11 victims were able to was because they were basically flying in metropolitan areas so cell service was easy to get.

Answer 5

This was discussed here in great detail about a week ago.

And it wasn't just the last minute.