TSA to Allow Laptops to Stay in Approved Bags at Security
Posted on: Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:05 CDT
The Associated Press
There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases.
The new rules, announced Tuesday and set to take effect Aug. 16, are intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines.
TSA said it reached out to bag manufacturers this year to design laptop cases that would provide a clear, unobstructed image of the computer as it passed through an X-ray machine. The agency said the bags will be available for purchase this month. To qualify as "checkpoint friendly," a bag must have a designated laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt and contains no metal snaps, zippers or buckles and no pockets.
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