On Tuesday, the Trump administration banned all electronic devices, with the exception of cell phones, on planes coming to the U.S. from 8 Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa due to a new report showing that ISIS terrorists are now designing explosives that can fit in laptop batteries.
No electronic devices, besides cell phones, will be allowed on any flights coming to the U.S. from Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.
Britain is also taking similar precautions. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said there would be curbs on electronic items in the cabin on flights from six Muslim-majority countries.
Fox & Friends reports:
We now know an ISIS terror alert is the reason for the electronics ban; terrorists designing bombs that could fit into laptop batteries pic.twitter.com/vH9uXE1XJC
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) March 22, 2017
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the measure at 3 a.m. ET Tuesday and foreign airports must comply within 96 hours.
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