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March 2017
Airlines
that fly from certain countries in the Middle East and Africa to the US must
soon require passengers to check in almost all electronic devices rather than
carry them into the cabin, a US official has said. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
official said this will impact some airlines flying into the US, while another
administration official specified that this covers devices larger than a
cellphone, CNN reported on Monday.
An
aviation official told CNN that there is a security concern regarding
passengers boarding non-stop flights to the US from specific countries. This
relates to the "screening in (some) countries" for such non-stop
flights to the US. The Total Investment & Insurance
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They
added that they believe a threat to the US would be negated if a passenger
transferred through a secondary city with additional and more trustworthy
screening procedures.
The
directive is to ensure enhanced security measures at select airports for a
limited duration.
In
a written statement, the Department of Homeland Security said: "We have no
comment on potential security precautions, but will provide any update as
appropriate."
A
State Department official said embassy officials have been notifying relevant
countries and airlines, CNN reported. The Total
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Another
official said the ban on some electronics is believed to be related to Al Qaeda
in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The
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The
intelligence community has been tracking this threat for some time, but the
official said that some information from a recent US Special Forces raid in
Yemen contributed to the ongoing concern. The
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AQAP
has been actively trying to build bombs that contain little or no metal content
to target commercial aircraft, the CNN report added. And the group's chief bomb
maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, has trained others to do so.
To
date, they are the only terror organisation that has shown a marked effort to
try to attack airlines, the officials said. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
A
third US official said there has been concern about attacks via electronics for
some months, but there was not enough information to warrant an airline action
before.
An
aviation official said US carriers are not affected because none flies directly
from the countries in question to the US. The
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Neither
source would specify what airlines were impacted beyond Royal Jordanian
Airlines, which tweeted Monday that it will ban most electronics from the
cabins on its flights to and from its North American destinations, CNN
reported.
Royal
Jordanian, however, later deleted its tweet without explanation. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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