A traveller walking past a newly-opened TSA Pre-check application centre at LaGuardia Airport. The US is banning all electronic devices larger than an average-sized mobile phone. PHOTO: AFP/GETTY IMAGES.
WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Tuesday banned electronic gadgets bigger than handphones from the passenger compartment of flights from airports in several Middle Eastern and North African nations.
Travellers can still bring gadgets such as laptops, tablets and game consoles, but these must be packed in the checked in baggage.
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