DHS Is ‘No Closer’ to Expanding Laptop Ban, Officials Say

The expanded airplane laptop ban is not booting up just yet, federal officials told Fox News on Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security is considering widening the the policy, which now applies to flights coming in from select countries. Speculation increased after an electronic device in the cabin of a JetBlue flight caught fire this week. But officials told Fox News that situation was not a security situation and more a matter for the Federal Aviation Administration.

“The DHS element is the security,” said DHS Spokesman Dave Lapan. “It’s the FAA looking at the safety issue.”

Lapan revealed that the FAA has been part of the meetings on the possible expansion of the laptop ban, which DHS Secretary John Kelly has repeatedly called “likely.” (Read more from “DHS Is ‘No Closer’ to Expanding Laptop Ban, Officials Say” HERE)

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