哥倫比亞廣播公司:在美國的社交網絡上最近有這樣一種照片正在流行,飛行員在駕駛飛機時從他們的"獨特視角"拍攝的空中美景.然而,飛行員這樣做是否影響飛行安全?違反安全規定呢?

CBS News: There's a growing trend on Instagram: Pilots taking and posting photos, captured from their unusual vantage point inside the cockpit. And hundreds, sometimes thousands of people have been flocking to their accounts, waiting for the next round of stunning images.

Though the images may be beautiful, taking the photos while piloting a commercial aircraft is against U.S. and European aviation rules.

David Yanofsky, a reporter for Quartz, a digital business news publication, conducted a six-month investigation into the trend.

"There's no rules specifically against taking a photograph. What there are rules on are the type of device that you can use. And using a device that has wireless capabilities is, in fact, always forbidden in a cockpit by FAA rules unless there's an emergency and the captain says that that is necessary."