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					Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
					
				 
				Yes, but a major EMI pulse could easily knock out a plane's flight control systems. 
			
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 True, but rewatch the pilot episode.  Something grabbed hold of the plane, then it was torn apart.
There's also the little detail of 
anyone surviving a fall from 30,000 feet, let alone 50-60 people.  It wasn't pulled down, it was lowered.