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FoggedBrain:
It's a simple instruction. It won't cost you anything to put your phone on flight mode or switch it off entirely .bThere may be no serious consequences to the plane but it's an instruction.

People with innovative mindset don't think like this. If you agree that phone pose no threat to modern airplanes then what is the use for an outdated instruction to switch if off?

A whole new onboard WiFi business has been built around the fact that your phone can remain on the plane and telecoms companies are making millions from it.

Why are we always stuck in the past?

I don’t have any issues switching off phones throughout the entire flight. The question here is if our aircrafts are different from other aircrafts flying in other parts of the world or are aircrafts operated in Nigeria obsolete. I have never heard any airline asking passengers to switch off devices, rather they ask you put on air plane mode. Guess there is something they are not telling us.

What is the use of using ur phone when there 🤔 is no internet till you land? Or you can off your flight mode if you can't off your phone 2 options are there f9r you.

There is no big issue here.
It's just for take offs and landing....
That's all.... They didn't say mid flight....

So why all these noise ?

JAOS:
So a sane person can't stay for at least 2 hours without his or her phone
decipline is now downward spiral smh 🫤

They are not even saying for the duration, just take off and landing.

FoggedBrain:
It's a simple instruction. It won't cost you anything to put your phone on flight mode or switch it off entirely .bThere may be no serious consequences to the plane but it's an instruction.

Some of us don't obey pointless 'instructions'. The sad irony is that most of you Nigerians are extremely lawless and would seize every opportunity to demonstrate impunity, but when it comes to meaningless public posturing like this, you will be quick to form holier than thou.

Putting my phone away in my pocket is enough.


Does leaving my phone on when a plane is taking off or landing pose safety risks?

Chatgpt: Short answer: No, your phone being on during takeoff or landing does not pose any real safety risk to the aircraft.

Here’s the reality:

Modern airplanes are heavily shielded against electromagnetic interference. A single phone signal is nowhere near strong enough to interfere with navigation or communication systems.

The main reason airlines still ask passengers to switch phones to airplane mode is regulatory and operational convenience, not because your phone can crash a plane. If hundreds of phones are all trying to connect to ground towers at once, it can create signal interference (more like static noise for pilots or ground communications, not dangerous failures).

Another factor is passenger distraction. During takeoff and landing—the most critical phases of flight—crew need passengers alert and responsive, not talking, scrolling, or fumbling with devices.

So:

Risk to the plane itself: Essentially none.

Reason for the rule: To avoid minor interference, network issues, and to keep passengers focused during critical flight moments.

immortalcrown:
This is understandable and acceptable. Laws become more strict when people refuse to be civil.

Necessity is the mother of invention. If the people in Nigerian space have been safety conscious, civil and law-abiding, this new law would not have come into existence.

But my only problem is, will this law be the same for both the rich and the poor or will the rich be above the law?

Nonesense

Hedonisco:
I have never switched off and never will. I simply tuck my phone away in my pocket when the flight is about to take off, recline into my seat, and think about my life for the next hour or so until the plane lands, that's it.

Still not right. The essence of the law is not about using the phone but preventing interference with the air traffic control signals. Especially during landing and take offs

Why not install signal jammers on the plans, am sure the planes avionics can be shielded, some airlines do these, they dont inform you but when you enter you don get signals.

People are addicted to their phones, they are not making calls but scrolling endlessly.

You don't expect people to pay 250k to stay 1 hour in a flying coffin only to have their clothes torn and breasts exposed to the universe by Hot air crew.

Gbadugbakun:
So how are we supposed to take pictures in order to prove to people that we entered aeroplane?

Is English a problem for u

ElSudani:
Phone manufacturers don't fly planes or work in the control towers.
Switch off your phone for about half an hour is not too much.

This is tepid. People put their phones on airplane mode where it neither transmits radio waves nor receives them or put off their phones if desired. Its not standard procedure worldwide to put off your phone but it is standard to put it on airplane mode during landing or take off.

JAOS:
So a sane person can't stay for at least 2 hours without his or her phone
decipline is now downward spiral smh 🫤

you are not meant to turn off phones during flights dude, it’s only during takeoff and landing.

I responded to a similar question. This was my reply.

Nigeria is a backward country so it won’t surprise me if they still operate using backward technology.

Iamzik:
International airlines even have WiFi onboard and they don't hound you to switch off your phone.

I no know which kind planes we get for naija local airline operators

Yoy see the kind of mess in the aviayion industry. See the kind of low brain people in thaymt industry. .But the potable mp3's and radios and mini screen in the plane will also b switchwd off. Una b waray se

JAOS:
So a sane person can't stay for at least 2 hours without his or her phone
decipline is now downward spiral smh 🫤

It's not even a two hour duration, just switch off your phone when the plane is about to take off, on it after the plane is on cruise, then off it again when it's about to land. Simple as. It's for everyone's safety

Gbadugbakun:
So how are we supposed to take pictures in order to prove to people that we entered aeroplane?

it doesn't prevent you from taking pictures. Read the directive properly. During take off, off your phone. Then you can on it after take off. Off it again during landing.

Phone signals can jam Plane radar/ navigation signals which can lead to disastrous results.

Ishilove:
Nigerians are very obstinate and always have a hard time following instructions. See that one up there still insisting he will not switch off despite the safety concerns. Dem suppose flog am with USB cord for neck

this is the same attitude the air hostess had and this is why the aftermath which should have been a footnote has snowballed into a saga and a government investigation.

indigenous234:
Can they not install a network jamming device or system at the planes?

amming device when it's not Air force 1?
Passenger airlines require this networks to fly too. They need it for communication, radar and navigation systems and this systems usually jam with mobile networks when they are in lower altitude ( during take off and landing) enough for the phones to pickup this signals. So that's why passengers are required to off their phones during these times to prevent catastrophic events.

GloriousGbola:
this is the same attitude the air hostess had and this is why the aftermath which should have been a footnote has snowballed into a saga and a government investigation.

All of them will face the heat. There have been multiple reports about the hostess' overbearing attitude and now she will go and defend her nonsense character. When we tell people to always behave themselves, they will not hear until they see something that is bigger than their eyes. All the parties involved should face the music

Iamzik:
People with innovative mindset don't think like this. If you agree that phone pose no threat to modern airplanes then what is the use for an outdated instruction to switch if off?

A whole new onboard WiFi business has been built around the fact that your phone can remain on the plane and telecoms companies are making millions from it.

Why are we always stuck in the past?

1.Practically assuming the rule is airplane mode. How can this be ascertained without checking ever person's phone and even after the check people can still switch the phone fully on that is human nature. They are asking for a switch off for landing and take off . Will the world come to an end if people switch off their phones for what is usually not up to 20 minutes

2.It is not outdated
sometimes people like you like to show too know . "Me too i have travelled to Morika and they say can use airplane mode.Nigeria is outdated"^
Leave the supercilious self aggrandisement.
It simply is not true that there are no other places besides Nigeria that require the phone to be switched off
It is a safety precaution.
Me too I done enter plane small I have experienced a lot of turbulence not once have I felt that wearing a seat belt saved my life but whenever they say wear your belt I comply
They say return to your seat I obey
No need to show yourself
During lockdown rules changed a lot and later we learnt some rules were not needed does not matter

There is nothing so special about switching your phone off for less than 10 minutes for take off

When you say something is outdated you mean
na oyinbo talk am and dem know pass us. They could be wrong

immortalcrown:
This is understandable and acceptable. Laws become more strict when people refuse to be civil.

Necessity is the mother of invention. If the people in Nigerian space have been safety conscious, civil and law-abiding, this new law would not have come into existence.

But my only problem is, will this law be the same for both the rich and the poor or will the rich be above the law?

"But my only problem is, will this law be the same for both the rich and the poor or will the rich be above the law?"...

Exactly. Because most laws in Nigeria apply only to the poor.

JohnBullMySon:
Google is your friend. Phones don't do nada. I have never switched off my phone on a flight. When they start wakaring to check seat belt and bag I just keep the phone in my pocket, after takeoff I bring it back. Only Nigeria does this rubbish of switching off. On Delta you get free wifi, In Nigeria they tell you to off your phone and listen to the engine sound.

If Phones were really dangerous, they wouldn't even allow it inside the cabin.

Wisdom is the right application of knowledge sir.

FineUsername:
Before takeoff and landing. Cant be throughout the flight time.

You people are funny o. I have lots of pictures and videos taken on planes during take off, in the air and during landing. It's only in Nigeria cabin crew behave like animals and dictators. Omo, travel wide and educate yourself on how things are done around the world. Naija is indeed a jungle

Such beauty. What a sight to behold...and you expect me to off my phone, abi? My phone has always been on flight mode.. no wahala, no quarrels, no blocking me from disembaking. These are things travelers have as memories and such are being denied in Nigeria because of oversabi.

K

OgaTheTop2:
You people are funny o. I have lots of pictures and videos taken on planes during take off, in the air and during landing. It's only in Nigeria cabin crew behave like animals and dictators. Omo, travel wide and educate yourself on how things are done around the world. Naija is indeed a jungle

Lmao. Are the planes flying outside naija different from the ones in naija?

There are full transatlantic flights offering streaming and gaming, you're here screaming about turning off 150$ phones that want to bring down your airliners

Racoon:
Normally, the instruction is to always turn off phones according to ICAO standard. However, some flying passengers are often obstinate to this safety instruction. I strictly observed same when I flew from Abuja to Lagos

Jamming is illegal actually

indigenous234:
Can they not install a network jamming device or system at the planes?

litaninja:
Lmao. Are the planes flying outside naija different from the ones in naija?

There are full transatlantic flights offering streaming and gaming, you're here screaming about turning off 150$ phones that want to bring down your airliners

Don't mind them o. People like to suffer themselves in naija. No wonder, life expectancy in naija is one of the worst

Gbadugbakun:
So how are we supposed to take pictures in order to prove to people that we entered aeroplane?

No one said you cannot take pictures inside the airplane but you will have to switch off when the plane is about to be started