A beer-loving Australian man has managed to check-in a can of lager as his only luggage on a domestic flight, with the brew arriving safely thanks to courteous baggage handlers. To the amusement of ground staff at Melbourne airport, the can of Emu Export Lager was tagged and made its way along the conveyor belt … Read more
The European Union will hold high-level talks with the United States in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss a possible US airline ban on carry-on computers. The US Department of Homeland Security sparked deep concern in Europe last week when it said it would soon decide on extending to European airlines a ban on eight mostly … Read more
Management of Ghanaian hip-life act, Tinny, is offering a 1,500-dollar reward to anyone with information that could lead to the retrieval of valuable items, including pictures and videos which could devastate the artiste if leaked. The items which were contained in a brown GUCCI duffle bag, were stolen when the artiste’s car was broken into … Read more
Ga-rap super heavyweight and Hiplife superstar Tinny may be in a situation which no artiste wants to find himself. According to his manager, Nii Kweitey Quaynor, the artiste has fallen victim to thieves who made away with his duffle bag containing his laptop, external hard drive and an undisclosed amount of foreign currency. The sad … Read more
A carry-on ban by Washington and London for laptops on flights from some airports will hit the profits of affected airlines, especially the lucrative business class segments of Gulf carriers, analysts said Thursday. Washington decided to ban electronic devices bigger than mobile phones on direct flights to the United States from 10 airports in seven … Read more
The prohibition on carry-on electronics for certain flights to the US and Britain shows both the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda remain able to mount potent threats to civil aviation despite tighter airport security, experts say. On Tuesday, US authorities ordered a ban on laptop computers, tablets, cameras and other items larger than cell phones … Read more
The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets, cameras, DVD players and electronic games, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. The measure will affect nine airlines operating out of … Read more