Why do you need to set flight mode on your phone before taking off? Do you know the real reason?

Whenever you travel by plane, the flight attendant or other flight attendant will be asked to turn off your phone or set it to airplane mode before the flight takes off. If you have ever flown on an airplane, you must have had this experience. A lot of people know this, but a lot of people don’t know why this happens. Let us tell you why your phone should be turned off before the plane takes off.

A pilot took to social media to share information about why he turned off his phone before taking off. The pilot on whose behalf the information was shared is known as @perchpoint on social media. The pilot detailed the plane’s flight patterns in the video.

What is airplane mode?

Let us tell you that airplane mode in a mobile phone or smartphone is a feature in which all networks from towers or satellites are disconnected. Once this setting is applied, you will not be able to make any calls or send messages, nor will you be able to receive call messages. Only use this mode when you need to disconnect from the network.

So let’s put our phone on airplane mode

The pilot said that if the aircraft was in flight without setting the aircraft or flight mode on the phone, the plane would neither fall from the sky nor cause the aircraft’s onboard systems to malfunction. But if your phone is left on and connected to the tower network, it has the potential to interfere with radio communications between pilots and air traffic controllers.

Pilots said that if there were 100 or 150 people on the plane, there might be some people with cellphones trying to connect to the radio tower. Radio waves from smartphones can interfere with or redirect radio waves in a pilot’s headset. That’s why passengers are asked to put their phones in airplane mode before takeoff.

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