The current rules state that electronics such as laptops and tablets should be removed from cabin bags through security and that all liquids must be in containers of 100ml or less and be held in a clear plastic bag. The new scanners, which use the same technology seen for hospital scans, would speed up queues at airport security as the longest delays are caused by flyers not taking items out of their bags or carrying bottles of drink and toiletries over the allowed 100ml limit. Under the new rules, passengers would also no longer have to remove laptops from hand luggage when through airport security, The Times reported. 'The big problem is, enabling common standards that are lighter than at present requires hundreds of millions of pounds in investment by Britain's beleaguered airports,' he added. Travel expert Simon Calder told MailOnline that whilst the new technology 'works very well', 'it is anyone's guess' if the UK's big airports will be in a position to ease the liquids rule by 2024. Now, the new deadline is also in danger of being missed. The rules were first imposed in 2006, when a planned Al-Qaeda terrorist attack against seven planes departing Heathrow - using explosives which looked like soft drinks - was prevented.įormer Prime Minister Boris Johnson had vowed in 2019 that the liquid rules would be eased at major UK airports by the start of next month - but the new scanners are currently only in small-scale use at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick. It means that airports that do meet the reported deadline would also lift rules which prevent passengers from taking containers of drinks and toiletries over 100ml on board flights.
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It emerged today that the Department for Transport (DfT) has ordered the UK's major airports to install by 2024 high-tech 3D CT scanners that remove the need for liquids to be removed from bags at security points. Passengers should not expect the airport liquids limit to be lifted nationwide by 2024 because cash-strapped hubs may not have the money to install the necessary new scanners, an expert has suggested.
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