why do they ask us to keep our devices on airplane mode on a plane but the WiFi is allowed?

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why do they ask us to keep our devices on airplane mode on a plane but the WiFi is allowed?

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They ask you to turn your phone signals off because (very) old cell phones used analog signals that interfered with the cockpit instruments. That hasn’t been a problem in a long time but it remains as an artifact of safety. WiFi doesn’t affect the instruments either.

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