A traveler gives her laptop to a Transport Security Administration official before scanning her carry-on bags at Terminal 4 of JFK airport in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney
US airline travellers are facing more intense scrutiny of electronics at 10 domestic airports while the government also considers banning such devices on US-bound flights from Europe.
For the past year, passengers at selected screening lanes have been asked to send large electronics including tablets through X-ray screening separate from their carry-on bags, the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday in an emailed statement. The stepped up screening may be extended nationwide, the agency said.
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