Flights Subject to New Rules After Bomb Plot

The recent mail-bomb plot has prompted the Department of Homeland Security to enact new air cargo restrictions, effective immediately, the New York Times reports. Among the changes:

• Certain packages bound to the US from overseas will be subjects to what the anti-terror agency called “additional and enhanced screening.”
• Toner and ink cartridges weighing more than one pound are now banned from all passengers flights.
• A ban on all cargo flights coming from Yemen was expanded to include neighboring Somalia, another known al-Qaeda operations base.