The In-flight cellphone ban bill advances in US congress. Named as “Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace” (HANG UP) Act was approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a voice vote Thursday. The bill would make permanent the long-standing ban on in-flight cell phone calls by the FAA and FCC.

Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) who co-sponsored the HANG UP Act in a statement. ‘Cash-strapped airlines could end up charging some passengers to use their phones while charging others to sit in a phone-free section of the plane,’ he said.”

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