Should airlines allow use of mobile phones on planes?

Should you be able to use your mobile phone on the plane?

Some airlines in Europe and the Middle East have just started to offer the service - and US regulators are considering lifting their two-decade long ban on the use of cellphones on airliners.

However, 78% of Americans who have flown at least four times in the past year do not want the ban lifted, according to a survey conducted by Associated Press and GfK.

Samira Hussain reports from New York

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