By the end of the year, airline passengers flying in and out of Great Britain will no longer have a limit on the amount of liquid they can carry on board. The British government is citing improved X-ray technology at airports as the reason.
Scientists in Germany have been carrying out secret tests on new screening technology designed to detect bottles of potentially explosive liquids that could be used to make bombs.
Speaking to the London Times, a government source says that “The restrictions will start to be removed in six months to a year’s time and passengers will be allowed to carry any size bottle they like inside their hand luggage, just as they were before the summer of 2006.”
The bans were introduced after police uncovered an alleged British terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic flights in August 2006. It meant that millions of bottles of duty-free alcohol, toiletries and perfume bottles have been confiscated amid confusion among passengers about what they are allowed to carry on board.
Whether other countries will follow suit remain to be seen.
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About time. As a Californian I love the idea of a bottle of wine when I visit people as a gift. Which these days condemns me to checked luggage, even for a very obviously unopened bottle. Even champagne.
How can I see the trial results or report in UK and German? Secret or not?