{"id":323331,"date":"2017-05-29T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T08:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323331"},"modified":"2017-05-29T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T08:52:14","slug":"us-might-extend-cabin-laptop-ban-worldwide-top-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/us-might-extend-cabin-laptop-ban-worldwide-top-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US might extend cabin laptop ban worldwide, top official says"},"content":{"rendered":"
The authorities in the US are still considering banning laptops from cabin baggage on all international flights, the head of Homeland Security says.<\/p>\n
John Kelly said there was a real threat and terrorists were “obsessed” with the idea of knocking down a US plane.<\/p>\n
The US already has a ban on laptops on flights to and from eight mostly-Muslim countries.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, officials decided not to extend that ban to flights between the US and EU countries.<\/p>\n
But Mr Kelly’s comments cast doubt over that decision.<\/p>\n
The measure was introduced over fears a bomb could be concealed in a device.<\/p>\n
Mr Kelly was speaking on the breakfast programme Fox News Sunday about efforts to combat terrorism after Monday’s bomb attack in the UK .<\/p>\n
When the host asked him if he would ban laptops from all international flights, he answered: “I might.”<\/p>\n
“We’re still following intelligence,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“It is a real sophisticated threat and I reserve that decision until we see where it’s going.”<\/p>\n
The US restrictions, introduced in March, apply to devices “larger than a smartphone”. They are not allowed in the cabins of flights from Turkey, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.<\/p>\n
The UK issued similar rules for flights from six countries.<\/p>\n
But air travel safety experts warn there is a greater risk of lithium battery fires going unchecked if large electronic items are left in the hold.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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