washington u.s. homeland security officials meet major u.s. airlines trade group thursday discuss impact possibly expand ban large electronic gadgets plan flight european airports three source brief meet say afternoon meet include high level executives delta air line inc dal.n unite airlines inc ual.n american airlines group inc aal.o trade group airlines america source say request anonymity authorize publicly discuss confidential meet airlines group decline comment march unite state announce laptop restrictions flight originate 10 airports include unite arab emirates saudi arabia qatar turkey fear conceal bomb could instal electronic devices take onto aircraft britain quickly follow suit restrictions slightly different set rout trump administration likely include european countries in-cabin ban gadgets large cellphones review ensure lithium batteries store luggage explode midair reuters report wednesday homeland security spokesman david lapan decline discuss meet say wednesday final decision make expand restriction would announcement thursday one issue expect come meet much advance notice airlines would get impose additional restrictions airline officials say would require hire staff 2016 30 million people fly unite state europe accord u.s. transportation department data broad ban would significant impact u.s. european carriers concern challenge check large number devices u.s. european airlines plan wide ban industry officials tell reuters early thursday homeland security secretary john kelly meet senators relevant oversight committees secure capitol hill facility deliver classify brief discuss numerous security issue include threats aviation lapan say congresional official say appear homeland securitiy likely expand ban soon say airports kelly say last month ban likely expand give sophisticate threats aviation intelligence find would-be attackers try hide explosives electronic devices u.s. airlines meet homeland security expand laptop ban