A satellite antenna bolted to the roof of 24 regional jets sat close enough to the cockpit radio that pilots got a burst of static after every call to air traffic control, and moving it a few inches fixed it

A pilot presses the transmit button, says who he is, and lets go.

What comes back is not a controller. It is a flat hiss that holds a second and clears.

The next call does it again.

Nothing is wrong with the radio. Nothing is wrong with the weather.

The only new thing up there is a white dome screwed to the roof overhead, sold to passengers as fast internet.

Within weeks an airline had to choose which one it would rather keep.

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