Instead of instituting a widespread laptop ban on every US-inbound flight, the Trump administration will require nearly 200 airlines (and implicitly almost 300 airports) around the world to meet new heightened security protocols, or be barred from entry.
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As The Hill reports, the U. S. is rolling out new aviation security measures for all international flights coming into the country instead of imposing a laptop ban, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday.
Passengers on U. S.-bound flights can expect to go through a more ‘extensive screening process’ beginning as soon as this summer in some areas, according to senior officials. The enhanced procedures will impact 105 countries, 180 airlines and an average of 2,000 daily flights.
‘It is time that we raise the global baseline of aviation security. We cannot play international whack-a-mole with each new threat,’ DHS Secretary John Kelly said during a security conference on Wednesday.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jun 28, 2017.
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