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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by emptybits on Thursday May 11, 2017 @02:54AM (#14314267)
A bomb hidden in the cargo hold is effective if the intent is to simply blow up the plane by timer/remote/altitude. But if the goal is to hijack the plane, then a bomb in hand could be a more convincing negotiation tool.
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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by ithkuil on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:19AM (#14314351)
How to you convince the crew that the laptop you're holding is actually a bomb?
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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by mcv on Thursday May 11, 2017 @04:13AM (#14314533)
Display a scary bomb image with timer on the screen, of course.
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