Jose Silva, from Lisbon, Portugal, was harassed for taking photographs inside the passenger cabin of a Boeing 767 on a flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
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Originally Posted by Jose Silva in L.A. Times
Last fall, three friends and I flew from Lisbon to Los Angeles by way of Philadelphia. On the flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, I was showing them my new camera and took a few pictures of our surroundings. A flight attendant came to me and told me to show her the pictures, which I did. On our arrival, armed officers escorted us off the plane, separated us and made us wait for the authorities. They asked ridiculous questions ("What's your eye color?"), and in the end they let us go with no apologies.
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Originally Posted by L.A. Times
In taking photos, Silva and his friends didn't violate any Federal Aviation Administration or Transportation Security Administration rules, their spokesmen told me.
If the use of electronic devices was permitted at that point in the flight, they were in the clear.
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Silva said the authorities also told him to be careful. One has to wonder how careful he would have needed to be if he didn't, in his words, look Moroccan or Egyptian.
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Bottom line is that once you have reached an altitude (10,000 feet) where "approved electronic devices" are allowed, you can use a digital camera. Digitial cameras are "approved electronic devices".
Your photographs (and any other electronic or paper documents) are your own personal property. Flight attendants have no authority or business to ask to see them, or to ask you to edit or destory them.
L.A. Times:
Photos taken in airplane leads to interrogation
Possibly this should also be logged under flying while brown.
09-14-2008, 09:05 PM
Los Angeles, CA: Passenger harassed for taking pictures
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