The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced a ban “on carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone” for eight majority-Muslim countries that impacts 10 airports internationally.
According to The New York Times, “the new policy took effect at 3 a.m. E.D.T. on Tuesday, and must be followed within 96 hours by airlines flying to the United States from airports in 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.” The device ban only applies to flights on foreign carriers.
Royal Jordanian, the state-run airline of the Hashemite Kingdom, clarified in a tweet that medical items are exempt from the ban and that larger electronic devices can still be carried in checked baggage.
More information on the electronic device ban is available from The New York Times.
