US DHS’ John Kelly: Intel plus test of explosive PED led to laptop ban
The US TSA, working with US intelligence experts, built a large personal electronic device (PED) laden with explosives and tested it “on a real airplane, on the ground [and] pressurised,” US Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly said last week. “To say the least, it destroyed the airplane,” Kelly said. Kelly described the circumstances behind DHS’ March 21 ban on allowing passengers from 10 Middle Eastern airports to bring large PEDs into the passenger compartments of US-bound aircraft. “People should understand that there are people who work very hard, long and hard, to knock down an airplane in flight,” Kelly said. “Ideally, they’d like to knock down a US airplane in flight on the way to the US." <br/>
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US DHS’ John Kelly: Intel plus test of explosive PED led to laptop ban
The US TSA, working with US intelligence experts, built a large personal electronic device (PED) laden with explosives and tested it “on a real airplane, on the ground [and] pressurised,” US Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly said last week. “To say the least, it destroyed the airplane,” Kelly said. Kelly described the circumstances behind DHS’ March 21 ban on allowing passengers from 10 Middle Eastern airports to bring large PEDs into the passenger compartments of US-bound aircraft. “People should understand that there are people who work very hard, long and hard, to knock down an airplane in flight,” Kelly said. “Ideally, they’d like to knock down a US airplane in flight on the way to the US." <br/>
