U.S. TO BRIEF EUROPE ON ‘LIKELY’ LAPTOP BAN

A U.S. delegation is scheduled to meet with European government officials Wednesday in Brussels in advance of a “likely” ban on laptops and tablets in the cabins of trans-Atlantic flights to the United States, a Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday.

Such a move could affect routes carrying as many as 65 million people a year on more than 400 daily flights and could be extended beyond Europe, DHS spokesman Dave Lapan said.

The expected action by the DHS dramatically expands a restriction introduced in March amid fears that bombs could be concealed in electronic devices brought onboard.