Britain asks insurers to cooperate on airlines laptop ban

British Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will be contacting insurers to make sure they will cover electronic devices placed in airplanes’ cargo holds due to the in-cabin electronics ban on certain flights.

The U.K. joined the United States in banning passengers on certain flights from bringing any electronic device larger than a cellphone into an airplane cabin. Anything larger would need to go in checked baggage.

A member of U.K.’s House of Commons asked whether the stowed electronics would be at greater risk of theft of damage.

In response, Grayling said he would ask insurers to be “mindful of this issue.”

The bans were instituted in response to an unspecified terrorist threat regarding people smuggling explosives inside electronic devices.

The British ban affects British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Atlas-Global, Pegasus, EgyptAir, Royal Jordanian, Middle East Airlines, Saudia, Turkish Airlines and Tunisair.

Reuters