Emirates airline bans pagers and walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon

What&#x27;s the threat vector that they are trying to mitigate against? The attack already happened and the vector that the attack used seems to be applicable to any device with a battery.<p>Are they worried about pagers that are affected but didn&#x27;t go off in the original operation?

Curious if the explosives in the pagers would have been detected at airports. Also, imagine if one went off in a plane.

My favorite other emirates banned item is “attaché cases”. Never could figure out why. Please satisfy my curiosity.

This sucks. I regularly bring walkie talkies as I&#x27;m a ham radio operator. And it&#x27;s a stupid rule because it was a supply chain attack that can be done with any type of electronic device.<p>Having said that I would not be able to travel through Dubai anyway as I&#x27;m getting an &quot;X&quot; passport and they refuse those even for transfers.

The headline is sensationalist; Emirates is banning pagers and walkie talkies for all flights into and out of Dubai:<p>&gt;“All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie talkies in checked or cabin baggage,” the airline wrote in a statement posted on its website Friday.<p>If Dubai isn&#x27;t on your itinerary this doesn&#x27;t affect you, at least for now.

How many collective human lifetimes have been eliminated by security theater?