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美国乘客获准在飞行模式下使用电子设备 The US is relaxing its rules to allow air passengers to listen to music, play video games and watch films on their phones and tablets during takeoffs and landings. 美国联邦航空局日前出台新规定，航空乘客获准用手机或平板电脑听音乐、玩游戏及看电影，但需要调到“飞行模式”。不过乘客在整个飞行过程中仍将被禁止打电话。 ? The change allowing the use of electronic devices from gate-to-gate will not, however, extend to making mobile phone calls during flights.? Connections to the internet to surf, exchange emails, text or download data will also still be banned below 10,000 feet and heavier devices like laptops will have to be stowed（收藏起来，存放）. ? Passengers will be told to switch their smartphones, tablets and other devices to airplane mode. ? The US Federal Aviation Authority confirmed the move last night, although it will be up to individual airlines to decide how soon to meet the new criteria. ?The change will mean that on transatlantic flights British passengers will be able to use their gadgets as they land on American soil. However, when they take off from Britain they will not be able to do so. ? Under rules drawn up by the UKs Civil Aviation Authority, electronic devices cannot be used during taxi, takeoff and landing on all fights entering or leaving British airspace.? However the rules could also change in Britain and across the world if the American research is shown to be credible. ? An American travel industry group welcomed the changes yesterday, calling them common-sense accommodations for a traveling public now bristling with technology. ? Were pleased the FAA recognizes that an enjoyable passenger experience is not incompatible with safety and security, said Roger Dow, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. ?Air safety officials backed the changes after agreeing that the electronic gadgets do not interfere with navigation systems and that data used to draw up the ban - typically imposed in aircraft across the world - was from back in the 1960s when such devices were very different. ? Phones are excluded in the rule ch