Originally Posted by Ron & Edna Johns
The only time MY phone has rung when onboard (and when I've forgetten to turn the thing off
) is when I've been taxiing out or taxiing in. "Mid-flight"? Never. So, if this one did start ringing at that point of the flight my ears would prick up. Where would a calling signal be coming from?
As for hearing a phone in the hold, not bloody likely.....
Sounds like another story where there's more to it, OR has been distorted by the media, just for something completely different.
All cell phones I have ever used have an alarm function. My daughter's phone goes off every day at 17:00 to remind her to take a medication. If you don't know what mp3 she has set up for the alarm or an incoming call, you'd never know the difference. I'd guess it was an alarm on the cell phone in question.