Originally Posted by
G-AVFC
Approaching Lisbon from the north back in the early 90's the captain of the BA flight I was on came onto the pa and stated that due to portuguese government restrictions photography was strictly forbidden.
... Since those times I've never heard the announcements. I guess governments and or whatever they didn't want filmed have changed.
Ah, yes, 'security', tell me about it! As a regular traveller to and within what used to be called Eastern Europe, it seemed that there was barely a flight without announcements telling us that photography was forbidden over sensitive areas. The joke was at its most intense when using the Berlin corridors between the West/East German border and TXL or SXF. For 'security' reasons, flights were at a maximum 10,000 feet. Not much to photograph, though, except clouds and/or snow.
ISTR similar restrictions when overflying parts of China and the Indian sub-continent.
But that was government security rather than airline security.
Originally Posted by
m0hamed
I thought is was only an issue for over fearful American based airlines and crew...
Yes, and cabin announcements make it clear that FAs' orders must be obeyed. Try photographing the ground when approaching DCA and see what happens.
Even loo visits weren't allowed on our AA LGA-DCA flights for security reasons, though I guess that may have eased since.