Most airlines have had this rule in place for more than a decade now, even though there has been no definitive documented instance in which passengers leaving their devices on caused a plane crash.
So why are we forced to stop listening to music or reading a Kindle during take-off and landing?
Many passengers simply ignore instructions, as shown by a recent US study, which found a third of passengers admit to not always turning off their devices during take-off and landing.
The US Federal Administration Authority (FAA) has responded to growing public skepticism to its "everything must be switched off" blanket rule by setting up a body to look into the issue and has started to slowly relax some rules.
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