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Lebanon Aviation Regulator Introduces Ban on Comms Transportation on Board of Aircraft

© AFP 2023 / ANWAR AMROTravelers check the flight schedule screens for delays or cancellations, at the departure terminal of Rafik Hariri international airport in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on November 21, 2015
Travelers check the flight schedule screens for delays or cancellations, at the departure terminal of Rafik Hariri international airport in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on November 21, 2015 - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.09.2024
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BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Lebanon said on Thursday that it had banned the transportation of all types of walkie-talkies and pagers on board of aircraft departing from Beirut International Airport.
"All airlines operating at Rafic Hariri International Airport are required to notify their passengers departing from Beirut of the ban on carrying any type of pagers and walkie-talkies until further notice," the regulator said in a statement.
On Tuesday, pager detonations took place in different parts of Lebanon. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that the blasts had killed 12 people and left over 2,800 injured.
An ambulance carries wounded people whose handheld pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.09.2024
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A second wave of mass explosions of communication devices belonging to Hezbollah members in Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 450, according to the health ministry. Lebanon's communications ministry said the ICOM IC-V82 radios that exploded were unlicensed.
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