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Subject: [TRLog] Re: MAGNETIC TRAY TABLE LATCHES ZAPPING LAPTOP PC HARD DRIVES
From: w4wx@bellsouth.net (Bill Gallier)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:05:21 -0500
ROBERT WANDERER wrote:
> 
> Interesting post on local DX Packet Cluster. Whether this will
> spread is unknown, but DX-peditioners take note.
> 
> Two passengers on a Sabena Airbus 340 wound up with corrupted
> hard drives from tray tables which used magnetic latches for
> quieter storage. They had their laptops on the tray when they
> suddenly started behaving erratically and then quit.
> 


Mine stuck to the tray......Left it on the plane....

de Bill


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