Playing DS on plane?

I have a flight in a few weeks. I was wondering if Bringing a Nintendo DS to use during the flight was allowed or not. I was just wondering if Anybody knew. It's US Airways. I checked the website and it didn't have any information on it.

So they have no problems with things with wifi? I don't have anything wi-fi related, so I couldn't play anyway, but I did/do think they might have a problem with wi-fi objects and such.

yeah, you just can't play it during take off and landing. Once you have reached your altitude however, you can play.monkeytoes61

Oh, why aren't you allowed to play during take off and landing?

you can't play during take off or landing, i think it does something to the navigation system..that's just what somebody told me though and he was probably guessing.

you can't play during take off or landing, i think it does something to the navigation system..that's just what somebody told me though and he was probably guessing.

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The whole issue that a DS could interfere with an airplane's systems, they don't but the FAA is playing it safe. As to why you can't turn on any electronics during takeoff and landing it probably has something to do with the fact that those are the worst time to have system problems. You can't use WiFi on a plane at any time.

A modern plane meaning built in the last five years wouldn't be effected by any commericaly sold devices. Most airline planes are two decades old however. There is a new class of planes that is built as a wifi hotspot so people can make calls without having to pay a ridiclous fee if they have the proper phone.

In the nonshielded old planes a cell phone or more likely a bunch of them can cause the instrument panel to go haywire. Modern instrument panels which use lcd displays and are shielded aren't affected as much if at all. It's the old analog instruments that can go haywire due to electronic interferance.

It's still old habitto the airlines and it's still a small although will becoming rarer risk as the old planes are retired so they figure better be safe then sorry upon takeoff and landing. You wouldn't want the altimeter to be giving false readings when landing you could plow into the airstrip.

Correction not wifi hotspot but making the plane a mobile phone tower.

This wikipedia article goes into detail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft

Doesn't it give you motion sickness?

I haven't been on a plane in a while..