A pilot answers the big question about airplane mode while flying: "You avoid distractions."

Every day, more than 100,000 flights crisscross the skies, transporting millions of passengers from one place to another, yet numerous questions remain about onboard safety networks , how their navigation systems are connected, and what can interfere with them.

To shed light on all this, Perico Durán , a pilot with decades of experience who has been talking about his profession for years in forums and on social media, visited the podcast Tómate un vino , where he commented on many of these questions.

Among them, he also debunked the idea that cell phones could cause an electrical failure in aircraft systems. "Smarter people than us think something could happen," he began.

Thus, the pilot clarifies that cell phone interference isn't capable of shutting down an engine or preventing the landing gear from deploying. Despite this, he explains that it can cause other problems: "What could happen is perhaps a false indication of something, a momentary distraction."

For all these reasons, airlines always ask passengers to put their phones in airplane mode to minimize any type of interference.

As explained, the requirement to perform this action is not based on major risks, but rather on small safety lapses that may occur. Thus, pilots need all the data displayed on their screen to be reliable and for there to be no erroneous signals.

"What do you care? It's ten minutes from 10,000 feet to 14,000. Put it on airplane mode and you'll avoid distractions, it's silly . It's fine to be without your phone for 10 minutes," he said on the podcast.