Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Airplane manufacturer Boeing says it's reached a breakthrough in allowing commercial flight passengers to use wireless devices in-flight. And company officials did it by using potatoes.
Boeing used 20,000 pounds of taters to fill the seats of a test aircraft.
The spuds simulate the way human passengers would respond to electronic signals for things like Wi-Fi and mobile phones.That way, engineers could run their tests without the need for hundreds of people sitting in for long test-flights.
Boeing says it's learning ways to allow us to use our laptops, tablets and phones in flight without interfering with the plane's navigation equipment.
After the flights, the potatoes were donated to a food bank.
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