Monday, Mar. 15, 1993

Want To Play Game Boy or Land Safely?

By CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY

THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS STEPPING IN WHERE GOVERNMENT IS slow to tread. The senior technical committee of the International Air Transport Association will ! meet next month to consider a ban on the use by aircraft passengers of certain types of electronic gadgetry (portable computers, cellular phones, electronic games), which may cause the disruption of airplane flight controls and navigation. The Federal Aviation Administration's failure to act decisively forced the industry to move.