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US bans electronic devices in cabins on direct flights from 10 airports in Muslim-majority nationsThe US announced late on Monday that electronic devices larger than a mobile phone will be prohibited in the passenger cabin on flights from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries, including Turkey.According to a briefing by Department of Homeland Security officials on Monday night, the restricted items include laptop computers, tablets, cameras, travel printers and games bigger than a mobile phone or a smartphone. Continued: http://www.turkishminute.com/2017/03/21/us-bans-electronic-devices-cabins-direct-flights-10-airports-muslim-majority-nations/
Flight ban on laptops 'sparked by IS threat'An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound flights, say US media.The US and UK have announced new carry-on restrictions banning laptops on certain passenger flights.The so-called Islamic State group (IS) has been working on ways to smuggle explosives on to planes by hiding them in electronics, US sources tell ABC.The tip-off was judged by the US to be "substantiated" and "credible".Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39348615
Maybe it was a tip-off and not from a raid, there may be various reported details in early reports but we probably are dodging a credible terror threat.
