US weighing expanding laptop ban to all international flights

US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he is mulling expanding a laptop ban to all international flights into and out of the United States amid fears of “a real threat.”

“There’s a real threat — numerous threats against aviation,” Kelly told Fox News on Sunday, warning that terrorist were obsessively looking forward to “knocking down an airplane in flight — particularly a US carrier, if it’s full of mostly US folks.”

In March, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced restrictions for laptops and electronic devices larger than a cell phone on flights originating from 10 airports in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt and Kuwait.

The UK was quick to follow suit and announce a series of similar restrictions on a slightly different set of countries.

If implemented, a wide-reaching ban is likely to seriously disrupt flights between Europe and the US, as around 3,250 flights will…

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