U.S. Raid on Al Qaeda in Yemen Led to Laptop Ban on Flights, Officials Say

Daily Beast ^ | March 21, 2017 | JANA WINTER, CLIVE IRVING

[Kommodor]

Fascinating. As a naval history buff, I’d like to visit some of those places sometime, but... Not so sure it would be worth the hassle.

[Mike Darancette]

It magically become an Obama operation.

[Drago]

Yes:
https://www.freightercruises.com
http://www.seaplus.com/index.html
http://www.freighter-travel.com/today’s-freighters.html

We want to try one of these some day!

[Fai Mao]

“As ISIS & AQ get more sophisticated, it’s not hard to visualize all battery powered electronics larger than a cell phone being banned from all commercial flights.”

I can imagine being able to link several mobile telephones together as well. It doesn’t take a whole lot to blow a hole in the window of an air liner.

[Spitzensparkin1]

"Thing is, though, it can’t be all that much harder to rig a timed detonator..."

Even clock-boy can do it.

SS1

[Organic Panic]

Take a litbium ion battery and stab it with a screwdriver. Stand back and do it outside.

Or just look ok youtube. Get 10 Jihadis on a flight, stack the batteries on top of eachother and you have something resembling a thermite grenade.

[Eleutheria5]

“The battery bombs would need to be manually triggered, a source explained, which is why the electronics ban is only for the aircraft cabin not checked luggage.”

Racism! Get the 9th Circus on the horn!

[mazda77]

Curious. I traveled for work to Taiwan on the first days after the skies opened for travel after 911. On the return flight check-in process, all were asked to open their laptops, power them on and open their choice of software in the Programs section of the Windows Button.

I am really surprised it has taken them (DHS) this long to realize the potential and a warrior was killed for them to wake up.. Asleep at the switch and just lucky that the “nothing” that McCain railed against about the raid, didn’t get to the next point of taking another airliner down.

[4everontheRight]

My first thought on this....raid was in January & we are JUST NOW banning these???

[donozark]

Hoverboards are likewise dangerous. Have you saw videos of those things blowing up? How the heck did they ever get approved for sale in the first place?

[Alas Babylon!]

I’m wondering if they do not already scan for detonators. Don’t they have some small amount of chemical explosives? Can this be screened for?

In any case, laptops need batteries, so they are (up to this point) fairly ubiquitous and innocuous. It’s real easy to remove and even aggregate several laptop batteries but not tablet batteries. They’re very difficult to remove. I don’t see how tablets are an issue.

I take some long flights several times a year. I have a whole bunch of movies I can watch on my tablet, which helps make the otherwise overcrowded and uncomfortable flight survivable. And sometimes I fly to give a presentation at various conferences and I’ll work on my slides/presentation on the laptop when flying in.

Losing all of that would definitely suck.

[politicianslie]

McCain is just upset some of his ISIS buddies were killed.

Pray America woke

YOU have no proof Senator McCain met with Muslim terrorists that were armed and supported financially by America's FIRST Muslim President.

You also have NO proof that John McCain was not a war hero. He never aided the enemy as other Vietnam war prisoners have alleged. The nickname of "songbird" has no basis in reality. This tape of McCain's alleged treason is obviously a fake, probably made by the Russians to embarrass him.

TOKYO ROSE McCain sings like the songbird he was named by other Vietnam prisoners

President Trump was wrong to have alleged this knucklehead's claim to fame is that he got shotdown, an apology is needed immediately. /sarc

[Organic Panic]

China lies. That is how those things got approved for import.

[Paul R.]

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