Furor Over Singapore Airlines' Seatback Cameras

Above, inside a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

My last trip to Japan (October 2015) was aboard a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. 

As with all modern airlines, the back of the seat in front of me had an entertainment "center". At the time, I did not notice any cameras peering back. But, apparently others have and raised a "stink" over these cameras.

Japan Today reported:

Singapore Airlines insisted Thursday that cameras on its planes' entertainment systems had been disabled after an outcry online from worried passengers who spotted the tiny lenses peering at them. 

Travellers took to Twitter and other social media to raise the alarm over the cameras at the bottom of seatback screens on a number of the Singapore flag carrier's newer aircraft. 

"Just found this interesting sensor looking at me from the seat back on board of Singapore Airlines. Any expert opinion of whether is a camera?" passenger Vitaly Kamluk tweeted. 

His tweet was accompanied by photos of the monitor with the embedded camera.

The airline confirmed that there are fixed cameras, but they had been "disabled".

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