New Scientist “is flying experiences what many experts in radio interference might regard as a ‘nightmare scenario’.Not only have the passengers been allowed to use cellphones in flight - not dreadful in itself perhaps - but the plane is stuffed with the latest technology, all potentially interfering with the plane’s electronics. Wi-Fi transmitters pepper the ceiling and live television and internet signals are being delivered through a 1-metre-wide satellite dish in the top of the plane.Boeing was demonstrating two of the technologies it thinks will make flying more fun. The plane - Connexion One - is the company’s in-flight entertainment test aircraft, and New Scientist was hitching a ride.Boeing’s entertainment wish-list includes a technology it began rolling out to airlines on Friday: delivering live satellite TV news to passengers’ laptops via an onboard Wi-Fi connection”.

In-flight internet shown off by Boeing