Well this is all very sudden and mysterious. Presumably there’s something specific behind it but not clear what that might be.
This role feels typical of so many infrastructure projects lately. Set a deadline, miss it, set another one, miss that too, get it in place in some limited form, oops that was a mistake.
I actually was entirely unaware the 100ml limit had been removed in the first place
It’s certainly never went away the many times I flew out of many UK airports. I’ve not flown out of all of them, but the ones I have flown from definitely had the 100ml limit
Only six smaller airports have installed the new (bigger, heavier) scanners needed. All bigger airports have missed the deadlines. Not enough space, floor not strong enough etc. And now it appears the new scanners cannot be relied upon.
HA!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Six regional airports in the UK will temporarily reintroduce restrictions on carrying liquids over 100ml, the Department for Transport has said.
The change will come into effect from midnight on Sunday, and will affect passengers travelling from London City, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Southend and Teesside airports.
All of the airports have Next Generation Security Checkpoints (NGSC) in operation, which had allowed them to scrap the rule.
The hi-tech CT scanners create a 3D image of what is inside passengers’ bags.
The 100ml rule was introduced in 2006 after a foiled terror plot to blow up planes flying from London to the US with homemade liquid bombs.
A DfT spokesperson said: “This temporary move is to enable further improvements to be made to the new checkpoint systems and will only affect a small number of passengers.
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