From Ananova News
Newlywed jailed for using mobile on flight
"A newlywed who played a game on his mobile phone during the flight back from his honeymoon has been jailed for four months.
After sentencing Faiz Chopdat, 23, of Blackburn, Lancashire, the judge called for all mobiles to be confiscated as passengers board an aircraft.
Judge Timothy Mort, sitting at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, said the switching on of a mobile during a flight could prove fatal.
It could cause the autopilot to malfunction and affect the communications system, said the judge.
Passing sentence, Judge Mort said he had the power to jail the 23-year-old for a maximum of two years.
Chopdat was returning from Luxor in Egypt to Manchester Airport on September 10 last year when he was seen with his mobile switched on.
It is believed he was playing a game on his mobile called Tetris while sitting next to his wife, the court heard.
He had been warned twice by cabin staff and once by a passenger, which caused an argument during the Air 2000 flight on which there was 206 other holidaymakers and six cabin crew.
Chopdat was found guilty by a jury last month of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
Roger Hedgeland, for Chopdat, said his client was a young man with no previous convictions who was acting with "some sort of bravado" on his return from honeymoon.