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posted by martyb on Monday May 29 2017, @07:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the going-to-need-a-narrower-laptop dept.

In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," [U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John] Kelly said the United States planned to "raise the bar" on airline security, including tightening screening of carry-on items.

"That's the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it's a U.S. carrier, particularly if it's full of U.S. people."

In March, the government imposed restrictions on large electronic devices in aircraft cabins on flights from 10 airports, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey.

Kelly said the move would be part of a broader airline security effort to combat what he called "a real sophisticated threat." He said no decision had been made as to the timing of any ban.

"We are still following the intelligence," he said, "and are in the process of defining this, but we're going to raise the bar generally speaking for aviation much higher than it is now."

Airlines are concerned that a broad ban on laptops may erode customer demand. But none wants an incident aboard one of its airplanes.

Reuters

Fox News has a transcript of the interview (archived copy).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:25PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:25PM (#517646)

    Airlines secured the fucking doors and instituted security procedures to keep pilots from being manipulated, or opening the doors.

    And now the problem are the crazy pilots crashing their planes. Soon enough that number will pass 9/11 crashes. Maybe these doors should actually be openable from the outside, you know, like with a key?

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday May 31 2017, @01:35AM

    by edIII (791) on Wednesday May 31 2017, @01:35AM (#518023)

    Ummm, no. They should be locked up even tighter than that.

    That crash in Europe occurred because the pilot/co-pilot left the cockpit. Period. That nut wasn't going to do anything till that other person left, or he would've also needed to incapacitate the other pilot somehow.

    You lock the pilots into their own cabin, with their own lavatory and supplies. They don't need the stewardess flirting with them, or bringing them food & drinks. Even better, you have THREE people in the cockpit. Makes it much harder for one nut to take out the plane, although, a pilot is going to be the most dangerous anyways if they go crazy.

    It's how Israel does it. Always heard for years that their pilots have their own entrance and the cockpit is very much separated from the passenger areas.

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