Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
Note that the reason for airport mode is a courtesy to cell-phone carriers.  It&#x27;s not any air safety issue.  Rather, 300-500 cell phones all trying to contact the next cell tower, multiple times per minute, would wreak havoc on cell service.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inverse.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;51015-cell-phone-use-on-airplanes-airplane-mode-thanksgiving-travel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inverse.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;51015-cell-phone-use-on-airp...</a><p>At one point, when both cell phones and laptops were new, there was perhaps a risk to the airplane&#x27;s electronics.  Modern cell phones have been steadily tuned to reduce interference with other electronics though - good thing, otherwise you couldn&#x27;t use them in a modern home with its dozens of connected devices.  And modern avionics have been shielded to protect them from outside electronic interference - also a good thing, otherwise the next terrorist could simply turn their laptop on.  The ban on electronic transmission is one of those regulations that was a response to technology at a particular point in time but now is largely vestigial.  You can tell because it&#x27;s rarely enforced, and yet bad things do not occur just because you forgot to turn your phone to airplane mode.