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AIRLINE passengers will be able to use their mobile phones throughout flights after the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ruled that they do not pose a risk to aircraft safety, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Currently, passengers must switch their mobile phones to “airplane mode” during take-off and landing, which switches off all transmitters and receivers, effectively making them nothing more than a handheld computer and unable to make phone calls, send text messages, or transmit data.
The EASA has now published guidance which allows airlines to change their own rules and allow mobile phones to be used “throughout the flight”. It will be up to airlines to decide whether or not to allow the use of phones on board, and each company will have to go through its own assessment process to ensure that their aircraft systems are not affected by the transmission signals.
Once airlines have completed this safety assessment they will have to install additional equipment in order to provide customers with a signal because mobile phone transmitters cannot be reached from the high cruising altitudes that airliners reach.
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