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Loading ...MOBILE PHONES AND AIRCRAFT DO NOT MIX
This article definitely comes under the heading of travel advice. Believe me, mobile phones and aircraft do not mix.
Recent reports in newspapers tell of three passengers on an Alitalia flight from Milan who were arrested after refusing to turn off their mobile/cell phones. The pilot, who had asked passengers to switch off their mobiles on three occasions, aborted takeoff at the last minute after noticing interference with the plane’s navigation instruments.
The police boarded the aircraft at Linate Airport and the three passengers were arrested and removed. They now face prosecution for failing to observe safety regulations and could be jailed for three months.
Their arrest comes amidst speculation that a recent crash-landing by a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow Airport in London, may have been caused by electromagnetic interference from wireless devices.
All of this is enough to convince me that everyone should switch off their mobiles before entering the aircraft and leave them switched off until after landing. Preferably leaving them off until you are in the airport building itself. After all you don’t inadvertently want to affect anyone else’s flight either.
I am a born coward, who although I love to travel and see new places, I hate flying. It is one great white knuckle ride to me. The thought of all the technical gadgets everyone is carrying interfering with the flying of the aircraft is enough to put me off flying for life. So think of your fellow passengers lives even if you are not worried about your own. Switch off all your high tech gadgetry unless given specific authority to use it. Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight, you can manage without the toys for a few hours.
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