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rainbow4321

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Mon Mar 20, 2017, 07:37 PM Mar 2017

US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries [View all]

Anyone wanna make a guess about which 13 countries?? Our "country" list seems to be getting longer by the week. And..."no American carriers" are effected. Of course not. Because drumf would get a big fuck you from our airline/travel lobbyists.


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/20/us-forbids-devices-larger-cell-phones-flights-13-countries


US authorities have secretly required airlines from 13 nations to forbid passengers from carrying any electronic or electrical device larger than a cellphone.

The new edict was distributed in an email described as “confidential” from the US transportation safety administration (TSA) on Monday.

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