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Chaos to UK Airports as UK on Critical Alert
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Posted by: forwardone
Air passengers facing major delays
Thursday August 10, 2006 8:38 AM
Passengers flying out of UK airports faced major delays in the wake of Thursday's anti-terrorism operation.
A raft of extra security measures were introduced including a ban on hand luggage and specific restrictions on fluids.
Police also increased security at airports across the country.
The Department for Transport said that, with immediate effect, all cabin baggage would be processed as hold baggage and carried in the hold of passenger aircraft departing UK airports.
Travellers are only being allowed to take a limited number of items on board by hand, in a single ideally transparent plastic carrier bag and nothing may be carried in pockets.
All passengers were being hand searched with their footwear and all the items they are carrying being x-ray screened.
Any liquids discovered were being removed from passengers.
There were no changes to current hold baggage security measures.
The DoT said: "Regrettably, significant delays at airports are inevitable.
"Passengers are being asked to allow themselves plenty of extra time and to ensure that other than the few permitted items, all their belongings are placed in their hold baggage and checked in."
Source: Guardian News
Posted by: forwardone
Passengers will be allowed to carry some liquids and food through airport security and onto aircraft next week after the Government confirmed today that it will ease heightened security rules.
The Department for Transport said that from Monday passengers will be able to carry previously banned items including toiletries, gels and foodstuffs on to aircraft as long as they are in a clear plastic, resealable bag that is no more than a litre in capacity.
Baggage rules were tightened at airports around the UK since an alleged plot to blow up planes was stopped on August 10.
A statement from the DfT said: "Following consultations with industry and international partners, we can now introduce a change to the ban on taking liquids through the security checkpoint, to add to passenger convenience while continuing to maintain rigorous security."
The DfT, on its website, defines liquids as including gels, pastes, lotions, and the contents of pressurised containers such as toothpaste, hair gel, drinks, soups, syrups, perfume, deodorant, shaving foam, and aerosols.
Passengers will be able to carry small quantities of these liquids in separate containers of up to 100ml. The DfT said that essential medicines and baby food and milk were permitted in larger quantities.
The new regulations will be introduced across the European Union from next week. Passengers are still restricted to carrying one bag through check-in which is no more than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm.
More information is available at www.dft.gov.uk
Source: Timesonline