September 12, 2025
The longest domestic flight was a nonstop from Tahiti, a French Polynesian island, to Paris—nearly 10,000 miles away.
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Why Do You Have to Turn Off Electronic Devices on an Airplane?
Mobile telephones, tablets, portable video game units, and other electronic devices are ubiquitous 21st-century time killers. We can play games on them, communicate with family and friends on them, and browse the Internet on them. One would think that they would come in very handy to pass the time
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