Gadgets banned from UK airports following terror alert

Air travellers were being stripped of their electronic devices at UK airports this morning following a failed terror plot, reports Pocket Lint.

British Airways said that passengers who do decide to travel from any UK airport, may only take Travel documents essential for the journey (e.g., passports, tickets and visas), pocket-sized wallets and pocked-sized purses plus contents (for example money, credit cards and identity cards), prescribed medicines essential for the duration of the flight, spectacles and sunglasses, without cases and contact lenses without bottles of solution. For those traveling with an infant: baby food, milk and sanitary items essential for the flight are allowed however food and drink will have to be tasted by the accompanying passenger in front of security.

No electrical or battery powered items including laptops, mobile phones, iPods, remote controls and electronic key fobs can be carried in the cabin and must be checked in as hold baggage.

All passengers on flights to the United States would be subject to a secondary search at the boarding gate.

Noboby has yet announced how long this ban will be enforced.

Regine | 3:51 PM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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