FCC crashes idea of mobile phones on planes
Washington (DC) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said late yesterday that mobile phones will remain banned during flights, at least for now.
The FCC was considering whether or not to remove the restriction that requires passengers to turn off their mobile phones while on a commercial airliner in the sky.
The commission said there is not yet sufficient information to warrant overturning the existing restriction.
However, in the US at least, most Americans don’t want mobile phones to be allowed on passenger jets. In a poll commissioned by the Association of Flight Attendants and the National Consumers League, 87% said that doing so would "make planes uncomfortable and be disruptive."
The FCC said it will reconsider the issue again if "appropriate technical data is available."
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