INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE TO COMPLY WITH GLOBAL RULES RESTRICTING THE CARRIAGE OF LIQUIDS
April 1st, 2008
BY ALAN OSBORN
YOU would think it would be possible to ensure that liquids capable of making explosives are not taken on to aircraft without at the same time requiring the confiscation of countless bottles of duty-free from passengers at airports every day. Well, possible it may be but it is certainly not easy. Since the British authorities foiled a terrorist plot in August 2006 directed against flights to the US, almost all countries have enhanced their airport security procedures. And since the plot involved making bombs on the aircraft from liquids carried ...
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