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I don't buy it. Kevin wakes up after his parents are already on the plane, after they've been told to put their device in airplane mode, so they still wouldn't know until they touch down in Paris and turn their phones back on, to which everything else can be the same since they were stuck due to the weather.
He could however call the police. Only reason that wasn't possible in the movie was because the phone lines were down (despite showing Kevin ordering a pizza over the phone, ignoring the fact they specifically pointed out the phone line problem at the beginning of the film).
I don't think I've ever actually turned on airplane mode, even before widespread in-plane WiFi
Can I enquire as to why not?
Because it's pointless, every aircraft flying has everything important that is susceptible to interference, shielded to prevent exactly that. On top of that, every phone you buy in the US through "official" channels is intensively tested by the FCC before it can go to market to ensure its radios are operating within spec and won't cause interference with other things, like airplane instruments.
Are you from Newark?
Lol nah
I know OP says “we just boarded”, so there would be signal. But, as soon a the plane gains altitude, there’s no more signal.