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Airlines address furor over entertainment system cameras
The cameras, located at the bottom of the entertainment systems, began attracting public attention following a Feb. 16 Twitter posting by a Singapore Airlines passenger. On Feb. 21, BuzzFeed reported that similar cameras were in place on some American Airlines seatback systems.
United and Delta have since confirmed that some of the entertainment systems they purchased from Panasonic are also camera-equipped.
In emails to Travel Weekly, American, Delta, United and Singapore said that they have never enabled the cameras, which were included in the systems as a standard feature by Panasonic.
“They are not functional, and Delta does not have any plans to install the necessary software to use them,” Delta said.
Panasonic said the cameras have not been activated by any of its airline customers. The company did not respond to a request for a list of all airlines that have installed its camera-equipped entertainment systems.
Source: travelweekly.com
