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10 വിമാനത്താവളങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് ലാപ്പ്‌ടോപ്പ് കയ്യില്‍ കൊണ്ടു വരുന്നത് നിരോധിച്ചു

Published on 21 March, 2017
10 വിമാനത്താവളങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് ലാപ്പ്‌ടോപ്പ് കയ്യില്‍ കൊണ്ടു വരുന്നത് നിരോധിച്ചു
ദൂബായി, കുവൈറ്റ്, അബുദബി എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ടുകളടക്കം പത്ത് വിമാനത്താവളങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് അമേരിക്കയിലേക്കുള്ള ഫ്‌ളൈറ്റുകളില്‍ ഇന്നു മുതല്‍ ലാപ്‌ടോപ് കയ്യില്‍ കൊണ്ടു പോകുന്നത് വിലക്കി. 

പകരം അവ ചെക്ക് ഇന്‍ ബാഗില്‍ കൊണ്ടു വരണം.
എട്ടു മുസ്ലിം രാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ 10 എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ടുകളില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള വിമാന സര്‍വീസുകള്‍ക്കാണു നിയന്ത്രണം. യു.എസ്. വിമാന കമ്പനികള്‍ക്ക് ഇത് ബാധകമല്ല, കാരണം ഈ എയാപോര്‍ട്ടുകളില്‍ നിന്ന് അവ അമേരിക്കയിലേക്കു ഫ്‌ളൈറ്റ് നടത്തുന്നില്ല.
ലാപ്‌ടോപ്പില്‍ സ്‌ഫോടക വസ്തു നിറക്കാനുള്ള സാധ്യത പരിഗണിച്ചാണിത്.

ജോര്‍ഡനിലെ ക്വീന്‍ ആലിയ എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, കൈറോ ഇന്റര്‍നാഷണല്‍ എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, ടര്‍ക്കിയിലെ അറ്റാടര്‍ക്ക് എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, സൗദിയിലെ കിംഗ് അബ്ദുള്‍ അസീസ് എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട് (ജിദ്ദ), കിംഗ് ഖാലിദ് എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട് (റിയാദ്), കുവൈറ്റ് ഇന്റ്രനാഷണല്‍ എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, മൊറോക്കോയിലെ കാസാബ്ലാങ്കാ എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, ദോഹ എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, ദൂബായി എയര്‍പോര്‍ട്ട്, അബുദാബി എയര്‍പോര്‍ട് എന്നിവക്കാണു വിലക്ക്‌ 

Washington Post

Passengers traveling to the United States from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will be prohibited from bringing laptops, tablets and other portable electronic devices on board with them when they fly, according to new rules set to take effect Tuesday.

Fliers can still travel with these items, but they must be packed in their checked baggage. The ban will remain in place indefinitely, federal officials said.

But a statement from Dubai-based Emirates, whose U.S. routes are among those affected by the new order, said the directive will be in place from Saturday at least until Oct. 14. It was not immediately clear whether that date could see changes in the restrictions, which cover eight countries including busy transit hubs in Istanbul, Dubai and Doha, Qatar.

Senior U.S. administration officials said the rules were prompted by “evaluated intelligence” that terrorists continue to target commercial aviation by “smuggling explosives in portable electronic devices.”

“Based on this information, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Transportation Security Administration acting administrator Huban Gowadia have determined it is necessary to enhance security procedures for passengers at certain last-point-of-departure airports to the United States,” officials said late Monday.

The officials would not provide details on the threats. One example they cited involved a bomb, possibly hidden in a laptop, that exploded on board a Somali plane going from Mogadishu to Djibouti, not a U.S.-bound flight.

However, a person familiar with the security warning said the government has long been concerned about the aspirations of a Syria-based terrorist group to build explosive devices hidden inside electronics in a way that would be hard to detect.

In 2014, such concerns led to a tightening of security procedures on U.S.-bound flights, but at the time, some officials said the design of such devices did not appear to have moved past the planning stages. One person familiar with the new restrictions said they were based on more recent intelligence that suggested terrorists had gotten further along in developing such hidden explosives.

Under the restrictions, travelers to the United States from 10 mostly Middle Eastern airports will be required to put all personal electronic devices larger than a cellphone or smartphone in their checked baggage. U.S. airlines are not affected by the ban because none offer direct U.S.-bound flights from the affected airports.

Ten airports in eight countries, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are affected. Officials said the airports were selected based on the “current threat picture.”

The airports are: Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Cairo International Airport (CAI), Ataturk International Airport (IST), King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Kuwait International Airport (KWI), Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), Hamad International Airport (DOH), Dubai International Airport (DXB), and Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).

Officials said the change will affect passengers who travel on roughly 50 daily flights. Crew members are not included in the device ban.

Word of the ban was first made public Monday afternoon — not by administration officials, but in a tweet sent out by Royal Jordanian Airlines. Initially, U.S. officials declined to comment on the report, saying only that they would provide an update “when appropriate.”

In the tweet, which was later deleted, airline officials advised passengers of the new requirements that would affect travelers on its flights to New York, Chicago, and Detroit and Montreal.

“Following instructions from certain concerned US departments, we kindly inform our dearest passengers departing to and arriving from the United States that carrying any electronic or electrical device on board the flight cabins is strictly prohibited,” the tweet read.

It noted that cellphones and medical devices are excluded from the ban.

Emirates issued a similar statement Tuesday, saying “electronic devices larger than a cell phone/smart phone, excluding medical devices, cannot be carried in the cabin of the aircraft” on U.S.-bound flights. The U.S. routes by Emirates including Dulles International Airport.

 

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