We've all been there: you're standing in the airport security line. The TSA agent is angry with you on a water bottle, a pair of scissors, or something else that you forgot was still in your bag. Get rid of it, or if you are pas steal.
What if this thing that keep you your flight was your iPhone dead?
This afternoon, TSA issued an announcement stating that passengers boarded flights to the United States of "certain airports abroad" (specific airports go unnamed) will first have to prove that "all electronic devices" that they have packed may be energized. No power? No flight - at least not while wearing this device dead.
The full text of the announcement of the TSA:
Last week, the Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson directed TSA to implement the enhanced security measures at some airports abroad with direct flights to the United States.
As the traveling public knows, all electronic devices are examined by security officers. During the consideration of security, officers may also request that owners supply up to certain devices, including cell phones. Powerless devices will not be allowed on board the aircraft. The traveler can also undergo additional scrutiny.
TSA will continue to adapt security measures to ensure that travellers are guaranteed the highest levels of safety of aviation carried out as easily as possible.
The CST is deliberately light on details, but NBCNews poses that the new rules are in response to a specific threat that has worried TSA "one mobile phone, tablet or other electronic device" is used to hide an explosive device.
Unanswered questions: does the TSA have back-up Chargers to test the most popular devices? How dead is dead; fact to make Flash the ' your phone is too damned dead to turn on "icon count?
Forget your charger at home just became a lot more annoying.
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