US to ban passengers from certain countries on incoming US flights from carrying electronic devices/UPDATE: UK just announced it's doing the sam

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U.S. instructs airlines from 13 countries to forbid passengers from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone - Guardian

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MORE: New edict instructs airlines from 13 countries to only carry laptops, iPads, Kindles and cameras as part of checked baggage - Guardian

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MORE: U.S. official says measures targeting 13 countries is in response to a terrorism threat which will be announced on Tuesday - Reuters

I just heard that a White House spokesman has announced this because of a terror threat. Don't know any details.

Only fresh pair of Undies allowed to carry

probly because Samsung's stuff is still exploding all over the place.

probly because Samsung's stuff is still exploding all over the place.

I wonder if the exploding battery phenomenon gave someone a bad idea. Wouldn't be that hard to trigger a lithium battery failure and cause a fire/explosion like the videos. Slap a few laptops, tablets and phones together and you could get a pretty large, uncontrolled fire melting through the plane.

Very weird order to say the least.

So they can't set it off in the cargo hold using their cellphone?

I just heard that a White House spokesman has announced this because of a terror threat. Don't know any details.

You could put that out easy and quickly but if a laptop battery was actually C4 you could blow a hole in the side of the plane.

This is stupid.

Either they ban all electronic devices on board aircraft or none at all.

Mobile phones can hide dangerous stuff inside them.

DSLR cameras can hide dangerous stuff inside them, same with other digital cameras.

It makes no sense.

morning Tess,

A US Special forces team in Yemen found evidence of a new type of explosive device without the normal explosive signatures. It appears though that the device can only be manually triggered and is a bit bulky.

The team were doing a raid against AQAP, whose lead bomb maker has spent years trying to create undetectable explosive devices.

The team didn't come back with any specific threat info after the raid only knowledge of the research.

That changed recently when further intelligence revealed that the device may be in play and smuggled on to a US bound flight either in the Middle East or Africa.

Given the additional level of threat, these measures have been announced.

This new device seems very real