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Tech experts, but this sounds like a decent idea. >> sounds so simple. and it would work. that's what's so crazy about it. when you go to the store and you buy the new iphone and you turn it on and you left your password in, all your stuff comes back. now, granted, we are in large metropolitan area, we have excellent cell coverage. so that's a different story. but i get that we're talking about 10,000 aircraft at a time flying over. but we're also talking about voice and data, which is very not a lot of bandwidth would be required. and if you can have wi-fi on board, tv signals to these airpla...

The signal is getting all the way to the target cell phone. so it could mean that just the circuit is engaging and they're trying to find the cell phone. so i don't think that there is a lot going on there. and the fact that you know when you're out over the water you're not in range of any cell towers so you can't get cell coverage. >> if people were on board a jet that was hijacked taking out their cell phones trying to send texts or cell phones do you find it odd that not a single one got through in five-hour's time if this were the scenario they were looking at? >> yeah, when you're in the...

Send a message, it wouldn't get through. when the airplane diverted and turned back over the malaysian peninsula, there was probably some period of time where they were in range of cell towers. when you're at high altitude a lot of cell phone systems shut off any signal coming from the airplane. >> that was one of the early stories was loved ones said the phone calls were still going through. but i've got a question for you, clayton. maybe you know the answer. you use the find my iphone function, wouldn't that work? >> if you're in anary that actually has cell coverage. you drive through parts...

The signal is getting all the way to the target cell phone. so it could mean that just the circuit is engaging and they're trying to find the cell phone. so i don't think that there is a lot going on there. and the fact that you know when you're out over the water you're not in range of any cell towers so you can't get cell coverage. >> if people were on board a jet that was hijacked taking out their cell phones trying to send texts or cell phones do you find it odd that not a single one got through in five-hour's time if this were the scenario they were looking at? >> yeah, when you're in the...

Before the first explosion went off. i had just seen my wife and four kids at the finish line. i'd gone about a block and a half to do a bunch of media interviews, heard the first explosion, saw the smoke. my first reaction was, i did see my wife and kids. it took about 25 minutes to dash a text to them, because there was no cell coverage going on there. it was one of the scariest things i've had to encounter. >> greta: you won with 51% of the vote in the primary, beating out two other candidates combined, only with 49%. you're now the republican candidate for the u.s. senate, not in a state t...