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What happens if you use cell phones and electronic devices throughout the flight? We review and analyze this prohibition that little by little, it is disappearing.
"Please turn off your cell phones or electronic devices for takeoff.", Surely you heard this phrase more than once and if you did not heed this instruction made by the Cabin Crew, you earned a free wake-up call, everything to keep checking Instagram.
The aeronautical industry continues to evolve day by day and now the trend is to leave behind the strict measure of having to turn off cell phones simply, put them in airplane mode to be able for example, keep enjoying your favorite game, listen to music or watch a movie.
Despite this change, the free use of cell phones remains to some extent, controversial and here we will analyze the potential risks or rather, what led the aeronautical authorities to implement this measure.
The technology
To review this whole topic, we must go back to the first flights of aviation and how this industry has changed over the years. As aviation evolves, the technology of access to society also. The emergence of wireless communication devices, work or entertainment created a significant challenge for the industry.
The challenges were not only in the possible interference that these could generate, but also on a security issue.
Even before 1992, It was believed with certainty that the electronic equipment on board an airplane and other than the navigation equipment of the aircraft generated interference in the hundreds of aircraft systems and there were even several reports of pilots who saw how their systems were altered due to their possible use. To prove or disprove this, Boeing carried out simulations following the parameters of the pilots' reports, without being able to replicate them. Subsequently, the FAA contracted the ATCM – Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics of the United States for it to carry out hundreds of hours of experiments to prove or deny it. Surprisingly, no evidence was found that devices interfere with navigation and flight safety.
It is included, the ATCM recommended that the use of electrical devices be released, but why was its use restricted? For passenger safety.
Security
When we talk about security, We are not referring to the risk of the use of the devices on navigation equipment or aircraft in general, otherwise, For example, having a laptop in your hands during takeoff or landing could generate problems or make it difficult to evacuation of passengers in case of an emergency, putting their lives at risk.
Too, the restriction of the use of the devices was born by the deconcentration that the passengers could have in these equipments, that in case of evacuation or emergency could potentially cause you to lose valuable seconds by focusing your attention on a movie or call for example.
The planes we currently fly, as an additional measure they have protection against magnetism or frequencies in their equipment and flight systems, to just, avoid the interference that any of these could generate, so you can rest easy if you have Fear to fly and above all, never a cell phone has generated a plane crash.
Did you know that even pilots are not required to turn off their cell phones? Since there is no mandatory rule, but it could be required within the policies of each airline.
Present
Today, more airlines are freeing the use of these devices throughout the flight without restriction and some even offer call systems, Messaging and email during the flight on cell phones, but subject to the regulation of each country. Aviation evolves and the bans, too.
The most common today is the use of cell phones in Airplane Mode, with which you can connect to the aircraft's WiFi, but without emitting or receiving cellular signals.
Why do some airlines still ask you to turn off your equipment?
This depends solely on each airline and their policies. Each regulatory entity has its own guidelines and it is up to each company to accept or adapt them to its operational reality and internal policies., For this, in the same country you can find airlines that allow the use of devices in Airplane Mode, while others that will demand that you turn off your equipment.
Although it does not present a proven or latent risk, It is always better to be safe than sorry, at the end three minutes without using electronic equipment does no harm to anyone, since although there is no evidence of interference, it is not ruled out that it could happen, even more so due to the increasing number of users and types of devices.
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I did not understand…