U.S. Demands Overseas Airport Security Boost, Not Laptop Ban
- DHS Secretary John Kelly announces measures in Washington
- Kelly stops short of expanding laptop ban to other airports
Supreme Court Lifts Block on Trump Travel Ban
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The U.S. government is imposing broad new demands for increased airport security on flights to America from other countries in an attempt to combat the threat of terrorists hiding bombs in laptops.
The measures by the Department of Homeland Security represent one of the most sweeping security upgrades in the past decade but stop short of a threatened ban on large electronics in aircraft cabins. It will apply to an average of 325,000 passengers a day flying to the U.S. from 280 airports in 105 countries, according to the agency.