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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by maccard on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:33PM (#15083419)

I'm in Europe, and fly 4-5-6 times a year. It's only in the last 5 years that you're allowed have electronic devices turned on in planes here.

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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by mantas on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:56PM (#15083615)

Huh? I'm sure electronic devices were OK in Europe flights a decade+ ago...

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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by joeberon on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:57PM (#15083637)

Yeah and you still get "told" to turn them off. Kind of a mixed signal of "put your electronics on airplane mode" and "switch off your electronics" where you're not sure which you're supposed to do. Really they don't care either way

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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by mk89 on Thursday August 24, 2017 @02:19AM (#15088014)

I think you are referring to take-off/landing parts of the flight.

There is a reason behind that, AFAIK the airplane uses lots of sensors that these devices may interfere with, otherwise normally they are allowed.

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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by setzer22 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @03:41PM (#15084447)

Out of curiosity, why were electronic devices banned in planes on the first place? Is there any scientifical evidence either for or against it?

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Re:Disconnect. Offline only by coderholic on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @03:56PM (#15084531)

Great article here: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130604-why-we-turn-devices...

Also good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft

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