DGCA proposes change in rules to permit use of mobiles in planes

New Delhi: You may soon be allowed to legally use a mobile phone after your flight lands and is taxiing. According to an amendment proposed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the Aircraft Rules, 1937, the commander of an aircraft may permit the use of mobile phones “after the aircraft has landed and cleared active runway”.
Though most people use mobile phones the moment a flight lands, this is not permitted by law. At present, mobile phone use on aircraft is permitted once it finishes taxiing and its doors are opened for disembarkation. The amendment makes it clear that mobile phones cannot be used even after a flight has landed in cases where landing takes place in low visibility conditions.
28/07/10 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2010, New Jul 2010