Portable Gaming Could Soon be Banned on Planes

NG writes;

"As soon as the incident occurred, airport security was turned up to 11 with many passengers talking about being patted down and full bag searches not just at security, but also actually at the boarding gates. On international flights (like the one I'll be taking from the UK to the US in a few weeks) passengers aren't allowed to get up, or have any personal items on their lap in the final hour of the flight.

More annoying still [there's going to be] a possible ban on all electronic devices for the entirety of the flight. That eight hour transatlantic flight just got a whole lot longer without my DS or iPod."

[verygoodyear]

They'll start charging for using electronics soon.

[Maddens Raiders]

i travel all the time. just like the morons before him, this guy has screwed up even more shyt for air travelers. perhaps in the future we'll all have to travel naked on airlines :S

[Government Cheese]

More rules.

[ThanatosDMC]

Reminds me of Harold and Kumar's smokeless bong. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[SilentNegotiator]

Airlines will soon require you to ride the plane naked.

[bjornbear]

i understand one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter, but this guy is just an a$$hole...on christmas day? to prove what? to anger mankind more? is this really a solution?

moron...and above that, now people will have to be more paranoid =/

well, this doesn't effect me because on planes i read and draw, i never play =)

still, sucks so bad for those who do =(

[mrv321]

Let's face it... by removing electronic devices from planes terrorism will no longer work... it's just that simple.

For the shoe bombings no one considered removing shoes from planes now?

In a country where their are more gun shops than petrol stations aquiring said equipment for taking down a commercial plane from the GROUND wouldn't be diffucult... and besides by removing the easy methods of detection they'll just go more extreme... how long before the muel a bomb or make a non metaltic detonotar.

I hate terrorism but I can't applaud our anti-terrorism messures... shortly after the 100ml+ ban a scientist came out publicly and said... yeah it's easy to bi-pass. The only reason why they are banning this is because it's cheaper I mean why not have a particle detector surely that would stop allmost ALL plots.

To me this is PLANE stupid... get it? Plane?

[greeneggsnsam]

Unless you bring them in a clear container.

[Tomkar]

If this can somehow stop an accident I got absolutely nothing against it.

[GameOn]

Well it's just a shame these "accidents" happen in the first place.
Peace out.

[xabmol]

Our government LOVES people like you....

[STK026]

By your logic (if pushed to the extreme), it's okay to ban clothes and have 99% of the human population tied to their bed while the other 1% force feeds them and take care of their personal hygiene, as it would prevent all kind of accidents, like car accidents, terrorism, thievery, rape, murder and wars. It's all for the good of mankind!

I know you didn't mean it that way, but seeing the way the government reacts to every single threat these days can be seen as somewhat ridiculous at moments, with every failure they face in protecting us, they restrain us a little bit more.

[Tomkar]

Guys, seriously? Are you retarded for reall? I said if this can save lives, it's good!? If somebody you loved was on that plane and it crashes and somebody dies like your wife, mother, father or a sibling and you here this could be prevented by turning of some dudes PSP, would you not do it?

@STK026: No thats by you logic not mine. Dont pull stuff out your as*.

[xabmol]

B. Give me liberty (city stories) or give me death.

You may be content with trading you freedoms and liberties away for a FALSE sense of security. But I am tired of the rest of you dumb f***s making that decision for all of us.

''Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'' - Ben Franklin

[GamerSciz]

I've got a feeling he was on the naughty list for christmas...

[edhe]

Why don't they just anaesthatise(sp) everyone when they board?

[EvilBlackCat]

That was hoax! just like many other past incidents.

Your government fund that famous terrorist group. They funded to used against countries that are not in the mood to be part of their agenda(NWO). Come on people wake up! pause for a while your consoles and instead of watching the media that gives you the info that you dont really need to know look for the info that your government dont want you to know about it. I knew this was going to happen soon 1st THE BIG COVEREGE of Tiger Wood a situation that is not more important than what happen in Copenhagen because they are trying to distract us from what happen in Copenhagen Conference at the UN (The Human Global Warming SCAM!) http://www.youtube.com/watc... >>> , The Audit of the FED! >>> http://www.youtube.com/watc... http://www.youtube.com/watc... I mean come on people educate yourself and dont let history repeat again.

There is nothing wrong with The Republic of the United State. There is nothing wrong with the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights! Its them the people that are controlling the government! Its the same people behind the UN and the European Union.

[hatchimatchi]

i hope they don't ban everything. I'm visiting my family in march and it's a 26 hour flight. No psp or ds would suck

[BELIE7ER]

this guy was by no means a fighter for freedom. this spoiled little rich punk was consumed with a religious hatred that grew in college until it was deep enough that he would attempt the murder of 288 innocent people. the radical forms of islam that these people seek to force upon the masses is not freedom, it is opression. and for the record they have a seething hatred of everything that videogames and other forms of western entertainment have to offer. http://www.theaustralian.co...

[dadeisvenm]

Read a book.