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Passenger fined for using mobile phone in flight
By Xu Chi |
August 5, 2011, Friday
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A woman passenger was fined 1,500 yuan by police yesterday for refusing to turn off her mobile phone during flight from Shenzhen to Wuhan and watching videos on her handset.
China's civil aviation authorities said although many mobile phones have the flight mode, they are still not allowed by regulations to be turned on during flight to avoid signal interference to the pilot, Wuhan-based Changjiang Daily reported today.
When the woman surnamed Yang was told to turn off her mobile phone, she said she had already switched it to the flight mode, which she believed would shut phone signals and cause no interference to the cockpit.
"In this flight mode, I can neither receive calls nor send text messages. So what trouble will it cause to the plane's signal system?" Yang said to the flight attendant. She ignored the warnings and kept watching videos on her phone.
After landing, Yang was handed to police in Wuhan City as the flight crew believed she had severely violated the aviation regulations.
The incident has sparked a heated discussion online but some people are also questioning why mobile phones should have the flight mode if it can't be used during flight.
An Air China official said the civil aviation regulations ban the use of any mobile phones, no matter what mode they are switched to.
The official who refused to be named said crew members have no right to punish regulation violators but they can turn them to police.
The civil aviation authorities said that though the flight mode theoretically can reduce signal inference to the pilot, they have not tested its effectiveness on various phone models. Therefore, they just ban the use of any mobile phone to prevent accidents.
China's civil aviation authorities said although many mobile phones have the flight mode, they are still not allowed by regulations to be turned on during flight to avoid signal interference to the pilot, Wuhan-based Changjiang Daily reported today.
When the woman surnamed Yang was told to turn off her mobile phone, she said she had already switched it to the flight mode, which she believed would shut phone signals and cause no interference to the cockpit.
"In this flight mode, I can neither receive calls nor send text messages. So what trouble will it cause to the plane's signal system?" Yang said to the flight attendant. She ignored the warnings and kept watching videos on her phone.
After landing, Yang was handed to police in Wuhan City as the flight crew believed she had severely violated the aviation regulations.
The incident has sparked a heated discussion online but some people are also questioning why mobile phones should have the flight mode if it can't be used during flight.
An Air China official said the civil aviation regulations ban the use of any mobile phones, no matter what mode they are switched to.
The official who refused to be named said crew members have no right to punish regulation violators but they can turn them to police.
The civil aviation authorities said that though the flight mode theoretically can reduce signal inference to the pilot, they have not tested its effectiveness on various phone models. Therefore, they just ban the use of any mobile phone to prevent accidents.
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