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The US government may ban laptops on some flights, but no one seems to know what's going on
Business Insider ^

Posted on 03/20/2017 3:14:28 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

The US government may soon be barring passengers from bringing electronic devices larger than a cellphone on some flights to and from the Middle East and Africa.

But it seems that no one is sure what's really going on.

Royal Jordanian Airlines on Monday tweeted a description of an electronics ban apparently implemented by the US government. But the airline deleted the tweet a few hours later.

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1 posted on 03/20/2017 3:14:28 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

It probably makes sense... there’s enough dead space in a laptop to conceal enough explosives to take out a plane.


2 posted on 03/20/2017 3:33:56 PM PDT by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: ameribbean expat

Just to the Middle east and Africa eh? That’s more than 12 hours flight time. Not having a laptop is Chinese waiter torture indefinitely.


3 posted on 03/20/2017 3:36:48 PM PDT by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: ameribbean expat

I assume some liberal judge will find a constitutional right for foreigners to carry laptops on airplane flights into our country.


4 posted on 03/20/2017 3:55:07 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: ameribbean expat

Just ban all air travel, trains and cars - that way there can’t be any terror risk to travel infrastructure. /s


5 posted on 03/20/2017 3:58:02 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: babygene

This ban brought to you by the leading suppliers of cloud computing...


6 posted on 03/20/2017 4:02:22 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

NO! How could they?!? That’s racist! That’s like, uh, banning muslims!!!


7 posted on 03/20/2017 5:12:18 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ameribbean expat

I suppose that if I were a suicidal moslem, I’d figure out a way to breach the laptop’s battery, soak it in some water and toss it all into a lavatory waste bin.
Wallah...SNACKBAR


8 posted on 03/20/2017 5:27:28 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017,,,The end of an error.)
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