U.S. Flight terrorist attempt aftermath – rumors of complete electronics ban
If you thought things were tough at the airports with long wait times and delays due to the past terrorist attacks, things may be getting hairier after the recent incident. The failed terrorist attack from a few days ago has caused a backlash on all international flights resulting in an unclear new set of rules being enforced.
Several airlines have already issued a statement indicating that some new restrictions will be enforced during flight. Air Canada and British Airways have already indicated that the airlines will be limiting carry on baggage as well as restricting movement prior to landing.
According to Gizmodo, rumors of a new unannounced rule may be being enforced behind the scenes as well. Early indications seem to imply that the government and the airlines wanted to remain as vague as possible as to what these new rules are in order give the perception of randomness.
There have been reports of complete electronics banning on some international flights. Others are reporting that not all electronics equipments are being banned but some are. It seems for now these are isolated incidents and there is no official word as to if this is a widespread policy on international flights.
If an electronics ban is in place than devices such as mp3 players, laptops and portable DVD players would fall into the same category. Its a troubling situation since most people heavily relying on such devices to pass time on long international flights.
So far it seems like these restrictions only apply to inbound international flights. However, these restrictions may spread to domestic flights as well. It is not clear if there will be an announcement made to clarify what equipments will be restricted, since the goal is to keep things vague.
It really makes sense, as terrorists will not be able to figure out which devices will be restricted making attacks on flights harder to pull off. At this point, things may get a bit more inconvenient but this may be the only viable solution currently.
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December 28th, 2009
Next we won’t even be able to take a crap on a plane…
December 28th, 2009
this is pretty stupid they are just paranoid and think they can stop bombs from being ignited by using electronics as a detonator i mean wouldn’t it be more helpfull to put a little more money into bomb detectors and stuff like that than banning us from escaping the evil clutches of boredom on long international flights
December 28th, 2009
this is a complete waste of time – security screening and these sort of idiotic restrictions do little to stop terrorist attacks. I would love to see the statistics on the mount of terrorists have been intercepted by security screening in the airports. I bet you could count the number of cases on one hand. Each and every time they have been either intercepted through prior knowledge or surveillance by intelligence gathering agencies. Even the most recent case was a known wild card and should have been intercepted. This is the are where we should b stepping up work, not idiotic gestures like disabling the inflight map or forcing everyone to remain seated for the last hour.
December 28th, 2009
Perhaps we should start employing scientists and engineers to address security and safety concerns, instead of politicians and hysterics.