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When your phone is in airplane mode, it's cut off from the network, so incoming calls won't get through — at least, not via your phone's regular cellular connection.

That’s why travelers flying in the U.S. can’t expect the FAA (which hasn’t updated its airplane mode rule since 2017) to implement the same technology any time soon.

In 2013, the FCC took another look at the issue and noted that technological advancements now meant that flyers could use their phones — if they’re in airplane mode.