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US authorities will move to end speculation that laptops in cabins of planes flying to the US from Europe will be banned, making an announcement this week, David Lapan, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman said on Tuesday.
"This is part of our ongoing engagement with various stakeholders on this issue," DHS spokesman David Lapan said, declining to elaborate.
Over the weekend, US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told on Fox News that he "might" ban laptops from airplane cabins on all international flights both into and out of the United States due to "a real sophisticated (terror) threat".
"No announcement was made,” a European Commission official was quoted by U.S. media Politico, following a conference call between Kelly, European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc on Tuesday, "both sides have agreed to intensify technical talks and try to find a common solution."
After meetings with airlines and European officials, the DHS has declined to offer a timetable for making a decision and instead said it would be made by Kelly.
In March, the United States announced laptop restrictions on flights originating from 10 airports, including in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, because of fears that a concealed bomb could be installed in electronic devices taken onto aircraft.
Two month later, U.S authorities were said to be considering banning carry-on computers on European flights to the United States. Extending the ban to all European airports would affect nearly 400 flights a day and cover 30 million travelers.
(ASIA PACIFIC DIALY)
