Makes sense.
Bans issued earlier this week by the United States and the United Kingdom prohibiting electronic devices such as laptops and tablets in the cabin of flights from certain countries were in part impelled by a plot to smuggle an explosive-filled fake iPad onto a passenger plane.
In a report published Sunday in the British daily The Guardian, an unnamed security source said that the decision by both the US and UK to implement the ban was not brought about by any specific instance but rather due to a number of reasons, including the iPad plot.
Further details of the plot, such as the terror organization responsible or the country from which it originated, were not revealed in the report.
According to the , the unearthing of the plot generated concern among intelligence officials, as a bomb set off in the cabin could do much greater damage than one in the cargo hold, with the terrorist able to position the explosive near an exit door or a window.
