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Jan 31, 2006 | 5:52 am

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Originally Posted by stimpy

Another thing. If memory serves me correctly, Germany was the first to ask for laptops to be removed, long before the US and 9/11. But then they stopped. And started again sometime after 9/11.

At least one Indian airport had me taking it out before I was asked to do such at FRA.

FRA security -- like AMS -- is rather annoying. I liked the way the Brits USED to do it, but now they have gone down the same, equally (in-)effective path at T1, T2, T3 and T4 with announcements -- general/personal announcements or ones over the PA system -- asking for laptops to be taken out.

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