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Old Mar 21, 2017, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Who is responsible for enforcing the ban? The airlines or the airport authorities? Has anyone actually defined what "device" means? Cameras, electric toothbrushes, shavers, satnav units and over-ear headphones are all arguably electronic devices exceeding the dimensions. Has the government clearly defined this anywhere, or will a random airport security man on a jetbridge at IST be making it up as he goes along?

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The airlines, for enforcing it.

The UK chose to "ban" a subset of the electronics banned by the US. This UK ban is aimed at just large phones, laptops, tablets and e-readers. The US ban is aimed at a wider array of electronics than those in the UK "ban".
Last edited by TWA884; Mar 22, 2017 at 7:32 pm Reason: Conform to moderator's edit of quoted post
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