He said that he was on his way home to austrailia and was probably over the ocean. The people on Flight 93 were over land. That may have had something to do with it.
Hi there. My name is Yan. I'm from Montreal, Canada. Since my first language is french, i didn't quite get all the details about the guys from ''mythbusters'' who did some tests. But one thing that caught my attention is when he say he left ''forgot'' is cell phone opened and saw that he couldn't get any regular coverage.
He said that the signal coverage was building up, than dropping away again and again, making it impossible to have a conversation more than 30 seconds to a minute.
This might sound i little paranoiac but i just saw this controversial documentary of sept 911 ''Loose Change 2nd edition'' the other day. They were basicly saying the same thing. They were questioning the fact that some poeple on flight 93 ware able to make long and clear calls to the 911 central and to their love ones when in fact, it is proven to be impossible.
Maybe i'm on the wrong track again (as we all are on sept 911) but i just tought it would interest you guys.
http://www.loosechange911.com/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848&q=loose+change
(at around 1:08:00)
Great show. Keep on that good work...

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