AVIATION
Furbies seen as bomb risk
- Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Airport security officers have been told to look past the cuddly appearance of Furby toys and instead consider them a high-risk security threat.
Officers fear the robotic, owl-like toys, which contain sophisticated electronic circuiting, could be used to hide explosive devices.
The toy, which was popular in the late 1990s and has recently been relaunched, will join laptops and smartphones on the list of high-risk security items for carry-on luggage.
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