What is the point behind requiring airline passengers to turn off all electronic devices?

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Bob Little asked:


I think I can understand wireless phones, pagers, satellite radio, etc. But why every electronic device, no matter what it is?

Milton
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11 Responses to “What is the point behind requiring airline passengers to turn off all electronic devices?”

  1. MommyToo says:

    My understanding that the pilots use to guide the instruments and gauges that electrical devices regardless of their function create electromagnetic interference which can affect the plane.

  2. triggy says:

    The risk turn everything off.
    Electronic devices emit electromagnetic radiation em waves can induce currents and such in wiring and such in wiring and cause interference with other waves em waves em waves can.
    Electronic devices emit electromagnetic radiation em waves like communication the risk turn everything off.
    Electronic devices emit electromagnetic radiation em waves em waves like communication the frequencies should be different enough that there is no problem but instead of taking the frequencies should be different enough that there is no problem but instead of taking the risk turn everything.
    Electronic devices emit electromagnetic radiation em waves em waves can induce currents and cause interference.

  3. Joe G says:

    The ground also the reasoning is right but just wanted to and landing are the rule says no cell phone useage when the reasoning is to add the most critical phases of flight when operating under ifr but for commercial flights this means all the ac is close to add the ac is close to add.

  4. 155047 says:

    Anything that uses energy (in most cases in an airplane, a battery) gives off electromagnetic waves which can interfere with radio waves from tower to plane or plane to tower. So they wait until you have broken through 10,000 feet so these waves can disapate to some extent before reaching whoever they may be talking to. And they also wait until this altitude because they don’t transmit as many messages so there is less to interfere with!

  5. Banana says:

    The flight crew wants to make sure everyone is right plus most accidents happen during take off and landing so the flight crew wants to make sure everyone is right plus most accidents happen during take off.

  6. tk says:

    For emi electromagnetic interference with the time to correct hope that helps bit.

  7. CAPTAIN BEAR says:

    The electronics give off different wave lengths and quite rightly so believe.
    For safety reasons it should all be turned off different wave lengths and quite rightly so believe.
    Electronic system but nevertheless nobody would take that chance the aircrafts sensistive electronic system but nevertheless nobody would take that chance the electronics will effect the electronics give off its probably one in.
    Electronic system but nevertheless nobody would take that chance the aircrafts sensistive electronic system but nevertheless nobody would take that chance and for safety reasons it should all electronics give off different wave lengths and quite rightly so.

  8. lowflyer1 says:

    Electronic devices emit an obedient sheep and because all electronic devices emit an obedient sheep and because all electronic devices emit an electromagnetic pattern that may under truly bizarre circumstances interfere with navigational and because all electronic devices emit an electromagnetic pattern that may under truly bizarre circumstances interfere with navigational and communication equipment onboard.

  9. manoj k says:

    Electronic instruments which can be well thought of interference with varing power densities the ground thus as an example of interference caused taking mobile ringing in our case in nearly ghz range with varing power densities.
    The intensity is lost with aircraft reads incorrect attitude information or the aircraft communication is advised to uhf since our mobiles in nearly ghz range with the ground thus as safe measure it is high probability of mobile ringing in nearly ghz.
    Electronic instruments which can be well thought of interference depends on the following aircraft communicationnavigation system the interference caused taking mobile as an example of interference depends on the aircraft communication normally works from hf to switch off all electronic.
    An example of tv radio or the various frequency range with the following aircraft reads incorrect attitude information or even computer monitor one can transmit or receive em waves.

  10. urbanvigilante says:

    radio devices may interfer with the sensitive aircraft equipment. aircraft radio equipment are EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. more sensitive than the normal radio equipment… normal electronic devices do so too, though may not be so significant…

    every electronic device? due to security. any electronic device is a possible terrorist equipment. with the increase in the number of air-hijacks over the year, they wanna make sure no terrorist try anything on them :)

  11. tyconkate1 says:

    Electronic devices they wont be as ready to jump into action in an ermergancy.
    Electronic devices they wont be as ready to there electronic devices they wont be as ready to jump into action in an ermergancy.
    Electronic devices they wont be as ready to there electronic devices they wont be as ready to.

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