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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by jagermo on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @07:50AM (#9457586)
I think that is for passengers during the critical phases (takeoff/landing) so that they are not distracted.

A few airlines have switched over to digital maps for airports, since they offer some substantial advantages (less weight, more up to date, etc).

If you want to have a look at one of these apps, its on the public app store (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lido-iroutemanual-aeronautic...) - though I could not find a source that AA is using the LH Systems app (and if it was the source of the problem, I guess there would be several more stories about it.

edit: Source: did some work for LH Systems, but not affiliated with them.

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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by manarth on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @08:27AM (#9457758)
FAA permitted "PED" use (Personal Electronic Devices) for passengers from late 2013: http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?cid=TW...

Other countries are slowly following suit.

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