Totally understand where you are coming from but the reason this has hit 15 pages and is still the lead story on the news is host we can all relate to it.
Although flying is safe. This is scary stuff and something we can all relate to. Maybe 50% plus of readers here have or will be flying in...
These planes were over the USA and at low altitude. You are never going to get a cell signal above about 10,000 feet and even then you would have to be above a mast. If it was over the sea then impossible for a signal. If over land, then unlikely as just a guess, but I suspect cell coverage in...