The US has announced a ban on electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries.
Officials said extremists were planning to bring down passenger jets with bombs hidden in laptops, tablets cameras, DVD players and electronic games.
The measure will affect nine airlines operating out of 10 airports.
Large electronic devices will only be allowed on board in checked baggage. Phones are exempt from the new rules.
US officials said the airlines had been given 96 hours, beginning at 07:00 GMT on Tuesday, to ban devices bigger than a mobile phone or smartphone from cabins. They said the ban had no end date.
The airports affected are:
The nine airlines are:
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly called members of Congress over the weekend to explain the security issues behind the ban, congressional aides said.
The restrictions had been under consideration for several weeks, US media said.
Credit: The BBC
The US has announced a ban on electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries.
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