Air Transport Ban
After the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot, in which shipments of laser printers with explosive-filled toner cartridges were discovered on separate cargo airplanes, the US prohibited pass-through passengers from carrying certain printer cartridges on flights. The US Transportation Security Administration said it would ban toner and ink cartridges weighing over 1 pound (0.45 kg) from all passenger flights. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the ban would apply to both carry-on bags and checked bags on domestic and international flights in-bound to the U.S. PC Magazine opined that the ban would not affect average travelers, whose ink cartridges are generally lighter, but would affect the importing of laser printer supplies, as many laser toner cartridges weigh well in excess of a pound.
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