US bans certain electronics on incoming flights from 8 countries

Published March 21, 2017 11:30am ET



The U.S. is banning all laptops and tablets on non-stop flights from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries beginning on Tuesday.

The New York Times reported the Department of Homeland Security instituted that ban at 3 a.m. Tuesday on all non-stop flights on foreign airlines from Amman, Jordan; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia; Kuwait City; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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