Passengers flying into the U.S. from certain countries will not be able to use most electronic devices inside the flight due to potential threats, according to administration officials.

The U.S. government, citing unspecified threats, is barring passengers on nonstop, U.S.-bound flights from eight mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games and other devices on board in carry-on bags.

The ban would affect laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics. Other electronics, including laptops and tablets, will be indefinitely banned from the passenger cabin.

People were first made aware of these restrictions from a tweet by Royal Jordanian Air that has since been deleted and one by Saudi Arabian Airlines. In its statement, Royal Jordanian said the electronics ban would affect its flights to New York, Chicago, Detroit and Montreal.

A U.S. official confirmed with the Associated Press that the ban would apply to flights coming into the U.S. from 10 airports in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai International Airport is one of the 10 airports and has direct flights to Orlando International Airport.

Some passengers getting off a 16-hour flight on Tuesday from Dubai to Orlando said it will impact a lot of people who fly for business.

Dharsen Daniel lives in Tampa and frequently flies to Dubai for business. He said the ban will be an inconvenience.

"It's kind of an inconvenience, I would say, for business people working because they're not allowed to bring their laptops on board and also for kids with iPads maybe because they're not obviously going to be too entertained by an iPhone more than a laptop," Daniel said.

Daniel said Emirates does have an internet connection, "but with no laptop, you can't do a PowerPoint on an iPhone."

Senior Trump administration officials said the decision was prompted by "evaluated intelligence" about ongoing potential threats to airplanes bound for the United States. The officials would not discuss the timing of the intelligence or if any particular terror group is thought to be planning an attack.

As of Tuesday morning, Egyptian officials at the Cairo International Airport say they have not received any instructions on banning passengers from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras or other electronics on board direct flights to the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security has said they will not comment on the issue, but the U.S. official source has said they will make an announcement today.

There has also been reports that the Transportation Security Administration would release details to the affected airlines and we have contacted them for more details.

Brian Jenkins, an aviation-security expert at the Rand Corp., said the nature of the security measure suggested that it was driven by intelligence of a possible attack. He added that there could be concern about inadequate passenger screening or even conspiracies involving insiders — airport or airline employees — in some countries.

Another aviation-security expert, professor Jeffrey Price of Metropolitan State University of Denver, said there were disadvantages to having everyone put their electronics in checked baggage. Thefts from baggage would skyrocket, as when Britain tried a similar ban in 2006, he said, and some laptops have batteries that can catch fire — an event easier to detect in the cabin than in the cargo hold.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.