‘We’re pleased the FAA recognizes that an enjoyable passenger experience is not incompatible with safety and security,” said Roger Dow, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association.
Air safety officials backed the changes after agreeing that the electronic gadgets do not interfere with navigation systems and that data used to draw up the ban - typically imposed in aircraft across the world - was from back in the 1960s when such devices were very different.
Phones are excluded in the rule change because they were not involved in the FAA research, although safety officials are now expected to look at this issue separately.
The original rules in the US were written in 1966 when it was thought that electromagnetic interference from computers and other devices could cause problems with navigation systems on board the plane.
Nowadays passenger jets are ‘much more tolerant’ to such interference and the gadgets themselves are much safer.
The report says that this is because they use less power, transmit weaker signals and ‘stay within a tighter range of frequencies’.
One key factor behind the US decision has been the sheer number of air passengers ignoring the rules. One survey found that, by accident or on purpose, one third of passengers had left their gadgets on when they should be turned off.
The CAA in the UK is said to be ‘monitoring’ the situation.
据英国媒体11月1日报道,美国联邦航空局(FAA)日前出台新规定,航空乘客获准用手机或平板电脑听音乐、玩游戏及看电影,但需要调到“飞行模式”。不过乘客在整个飞行过程中仍将被禁止打电话。
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