Originally Posted by
Skimo
You say that with quite some certainty. You don't think it was maybe to do with the fuel leak from the damaged wing? I'm glad that no-one appears to be injured. Hope it stays that way.
I would assume (
hope?) that if the crew were truly concerned about personal electronics causing a fire then they'd've done an emergency evacuation vs. trusting that all the passengers had turned off their electronics. Also, I'd think that, if there were that fear it would come more from the aircraft's electronics and not personal electronics.
'though I don't know why they asked for the electronics to be switched off, I don't think it was due to a fear of combustion.