Husband of Flight 93 Attendant: "Cell Phones Don't Work on a Plane ..." The husband of a flight attendant on one of the four planes that crashed on 9/11 has, during an interview, revealed his astonishment at receiving a cell phone call from his wife that morning. The reason for his surprise: "because cell phones don't work on a plane." http://shoestring911.blogspot.com/2008/04/husband-of-flight-93-attendant-cell.html