US may extend laptop ban to UK flights
May 19, 2017, 1:17 am
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But let's see.
May 19, 2017, 1:52 am
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Obviously there are other problems (harder to put out a fire, other batteries in the hold that could also ignite etc), but that is the theory as I understand it.
May 21, 2017, 3:41 am
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May 21, 2017, 5:32 am
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I think that's what it said on Trump's briefing notes...
May 21, 2017, 5:47 am
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Cos a domestic flight starts within the US, where there are only Good People, with Good Laptops, and Good E-readers, ok? International flights start in foreign countries, where there are Bad People, with Bad Laptops and Bad E-readers.
I think that's what it said on Trump's briefing notes...
I think that's what it said on Trump's briefing notes...
Simples?
May 21, 2017, 6:10 am
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May 29, 2017, 12:00 am
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Here's an interview with John Kelly from May 28th, at 08:30 an onwards is about airport
security and a possible laptop ban.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...s-into-us.html
security and a possible laptop ban.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...s-into-us.html
May 31, 2017, 12:10 am
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DHS: No European laptop ban for now
“No ban,” a European Commission official said after a conference call Tuesday between U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and two of his European counterparts. “Both sides have agreed to intensify technical talks and try to find a common solution.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...38939?cmpid=sf
“No ban,” a European Commission official said after a conference call Tuesday between U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and two of his European counterparts. “Both sides have agreed to intensify technical talks and try to find a common solution.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...38939?cmpid=sf
May 31, 2017, 12:44 am
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Yes up to a point, it does not change the fact that no one has successfully brought down an airliner from the cabin while a number have been brought down by bombs in the hold.