Originally Posted by
Stewie Mac
Why? You can use small electronics during landing, and a phone (in flight safe mode) or compact camera certainly comes into that category. So long as she was holding it securely ... and I guess she must have been, otherwise it would have gone flying!
I imagine the timing is based on the aisles being full of people, so probably a taken once the aircraft was on (or vaguely) near the stand.
Regarding the ceiling panels, don't these just "pop back in"? I mean they're not permanently fixed like wall panels, but can be opened when necessary. I imagine the last person to access them for maintenance didn't replace them quite as diligently as they should have, thus all it needed was one big thud to shake them loose? It also appears to be just 3 panels, rather than throughout the aircraft. I've had this once before, but it was on an Air Koryo Tupolev.