Izinhlangano zamaphekula kukholakala ukuthi zisebenza ngeziqhumane ezingangena ngaphakathi ezintweni zikagesi futhi ezingeke zitholwe yizinhlelo zokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza, kusho imithombo yezobunhloli e-US etshela iCable News Network.
I-Islamic State ne-Al-Qaeda kubikwa ukuthi bahlola imishini yokuqhuma engadlula ekuhlolweni kokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza okufihlwe kwi-laptop noma kunoma iyiphi enye into kagesi enkulu ngokwanele.
Amaphekula kungenzeka ukuthi athole ukufinyelela kuma-scanner esikhumulo sezindiza ukuhlola ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukile, ngokusho kwezikhulu zezobunhloli zase-US ezikhonjwe yi-CNN.
“Njengomthetho, asixoxi esidlangalaleni ngemininingwane ethile yezobunhloli. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlakanipha okuhloliwe kukhombisa ukuthi amaqembu amaphekula aqhubeka nokukhomba ezokuhweba kwezamabhizinisi, ukufaka nokushushumbisa izinto eziqhumayo, ”kusho uMnyango wezokuPhepha Kwasekhaya esitatimendeni sezindaba.
Abenzi bamabhomu bayakwazi ukuguqula ama-accumulators amadivayisi, besebenzisa amathuluzi ajwayelekile asekhaya, imininingwane ye-FBI ibonisa.
Ezobunhloli eziqoqwe ezinyangeni ezedlule kubikwa ukuthi zibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuvinjelweni kwezindiza kwezokuphatha kwezindiza zikaTrump ezindizeni eziqonde ngqo ezivela ezikhumulweni zezindiza emazweni amaningi ikakhulukazi amaSulumane. UMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya e-US uzwakalise ukukhathazeka kwawo ngokuqondiswa kwezindiza kwezentengiselwano kulandela ukumenyezelwa kwalesi sinyathelo.
I-UK yamukele ezinye izindlela zokuphepha ezindizeni eziqonde ngqo ezivela emazweni ayisithupha - iTurkey, iLebanon, iJordani, iGibhithe, iTunisia neSaudi Arabia - inqabela abagibeli ukuthi bagibele noma iyiphi into engaphezulu kuka-16cm ubude, 9.3cm ububanzi, no-1.5cm ngokujula. Ukuvinjelwa kweWashington kusebenza ezindizeni eziya e-US ezivela ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziyishumi zamazwe ayisishiyagalombili - amazwe ayisithupha ashiwo ngenhla, kanye neMorocco kanye ne-United Arab Emirates.
Lesi senzo sesiqubule intukuthelo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, okuholele ekutheni izinkampani zezindiza ziqhamuke nezindlela zokuzenzela amakhasimende abo. I-Qatar Airways ne-Etihad Airways manje ziboleka ama-laptops namaphilisi ezindizeni eziya e-US mahhala.
Kukholakala ukuthi ibhomu le-laptop yilo elidale ukuqhuma kwebhanoyi iDaallo Airlines, lisuka eSomalia liya eDjibouti ngoFebhuwari 2016. Lokhu kuqhuma kwenze imbobo ku-Airbus A321 fuselage, kodwa indiza yakwazi ukufika endaweni ephuthumayo.
