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Dirtyicecreamz
1 minute ago, calmar said:

This was the reason I was told, in Australia, to not even use a camera to take pictures out the window on a plane.

 

lol I'd honestly feel safer knowing that no one has their electronic devices on them, toooo many crazy ppl in this world

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YeehawKylie

Making people check their laptops en route from certain countries =/= completely banning entry to people from certain countries. I'll admit this is probably intelligence related, but I don't think it at all condones the banning of humans based on nationality. :madge:

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JustinTrudeau

Hm, this might be inconvenient for people who have work to do on their laptops during flights or who wants to listen to music/read e-books. But for a few hours, they'll have to settle for in-flight entertainment or printed books. 

So the affected airlines should upgrade their planes, and prevent passengers from being bored on board. :poot:Sounds like a good business opportunity though.

I do feel like this should apply to all countries though, cause most terrorists were citizens of their own country (France, Belgium, U.S.A., Canada, etc).

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Mr Ricky
4 minutes ago, ZarinStar said:

Hm, this might be inconvenient for people who have work to do on their laptops during flights or who wants to listen to music/read e-books. But for a few hours, they'll have to settle for in-flight entertainment or printed books. 

So the affected airlines should upgrade their planes, and prevent passengers from being bored on board. :poot:Sounds like a good business opportunity though.

I do feel like this should apply to all countries though, cause most terrorists were citizens of their own country (France, Belgium, U.S.A., Canada, etc).

They probably have to place laptops in business class for business men. That's the only solution I know .. 

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Born To Slay

That's absurd. If I were flying to another country and they banned me from using a laptop because of my national origin, I'd have been extremely offended. 

The terrorists have own folks 

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Maleficent

Something is going on. I suspect that it has been realized that there is a backdoor to access and hack an airplane's controls from within the cabin--and perhaps there has even been a warning that something may happen in the near future... Scary

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Maleficent
1 minute ago, Born To Slay said:

That's absurd. If I were flying to another country and they banned me from using a laptop because of my national origin, I'd have been extremely offended. 

The terrorists have own folks 

Nothing to do with nationality, I don't think. Something serious is going on behind the scenes, and these airports were red-flagged for some reason unrelated to Muslims or Middle-Easterners. 

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Morphine Prince
14 minutes ago, Maleficent said:

Something is going on. I suspect that it has been realized that there is a backdoor to access and hack an airplane's controls from within the cabin--and perhaps there has even been a warning that something may happen in the near future... Scary

That's what I was thinking. 

They probably won't release the details but I'm very curious. 

Terrorists must have something planned. 

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Born To Slay
25 minutes ago, Maleficent said:

Nothing to do with nationality, I don't think. Something serious is going on behind the scenes, and these airports were red-flagged for some reason unrelated to Muslims or Middle-Easterners. 

They banned laptops from being in the cabin from the 6 countries listed in the op. Unless I misread something, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with nationality.

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thatfoxyfeeling
13 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

They banned laptops from being in the cabin from the 6 countries listed in the op. Unless I misread something, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with nationality.

It has to do with the fact that there is clearly a threat from the countries listed, really don't see what the issue is.

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Born To Slay
Just now, JamesFox said:

It has to do with the fact that there is clearly a threat from the countries listed, really don't see what the issue is.

So why block laptops from cabin? Do these flights even have wifi?

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thatfoxyfeeling
2 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

So why block laptops from cabin? Do these flights even have wifi?

I would say checked in luggage is easier to detect for explosives etc. It could be that they have received information that terrorists are planning to use electronic devices in cabins, who knows but it wouldn't surprise me if more countries are added to the list.

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Born To Slay
14 minutes ago, JamesFox said:

I would say checked in luggage is easier to detect for explosives etc. It could be that they have received information that terrorists are planning to use electronic devices in cabins, who knows but it wouldn't surprise me if more countries are added to the list.

I think they owe the public an explanation

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Haroon
2 hours ago, Sizzily said:

Inb4 the Switch is banned. Poor Nintendgays

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Literally my first thought when entering this thread :rip: All that promo about using it at the airport and on flights invalidated :air: 

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