{"id":4003,"date":"2012-01-30T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:43","slug":"cell-phones-on-airplanes-still-an-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phones-on-airplanes-still-an-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phones on Airplanes Still an Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR0130.2.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2493\" title=\"SPR0130.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR0130.2.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2493 lazyload\" title=\"SPR0130.2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR0130.2.jpg\"><\/a>The great majority of people who have traveled on planes will have witnessed someone shutting off their new or old cell phone after being told to by airline staff.&nbsp; The debate as to whether or not leaving a cell phone on during either take-off or landing really is dangerous was highlighted recently when actor Alec Baldwin was ejected from a flight after refusing to turn off his cell phone.&nbsp; In the process, Baldwin became something of an icon for those who believe the rule is well past its sell-by date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of frustrating,\u201d admits passenger Drew Keeth.&nbsp; \u201cI am usually in the middle of an email, or game of solitaire or something.\u201d Captain Chelsey Sullenberger, the Aviation and Safety Consultant for CBS News, admits that \u201cPeople think it\u2019s no big deal and for the most part it isn\u2019t\u201d but qualifies that by pointing out that occasionally an airplane can find itself in the middle of an unexpected situation.&nbsp; \u201cThe bottom line for me is very simple \u2013 none of us has the right to put others at risk for our own convenience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While documented problems caused by cell phones are very rare, they do sometimes happen, notes Boeing engineer Dave Carson. 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