Airplane mode is a useful feature designed to reduce the number of signals that can potentially interfere with sensors on an airplane. It's a feature available on smartphones, tablets, and laptops — ...

When you board an airplane for a flight, there are a few things that you have to do, some of which you do automatically. You quickly make it to your seat, stash your carry-on luggage in either the ...

Modern aircraft are designed to cope with interference from portable electronic devices (like mobile phones) - so over time the reasons for requiring cell phones to be on airplane mode have grown more ...