You may now have to re-think your liquid allowance when flying - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel You may now have to re-think your liquid allowance when flying By You Magazine - August 22, 2018 Getty There’s many grating things about heading off to the airport to go on holiday. There’s how long it takes to actually get to the airport, the fact you have to be there two hours before and then, security – the most annoying of them all. Why? Because of the liquid rule whereby all of your toiletries have to be 100ml or under and all fit into a teeny, tiny plastic sandwich bag. It never gets easier to streamline the holiday cosmetic kit, does it? Luckily, this rigmarole may soon become a thing of the past. Currently, 3D scanners that work as explosive detectors, are being trialed in various airports around the world, meaning flyers will no longer have to remove liquids and laptops from their carry-on bags. The 3D scanners are actually already used to monitor what is inside hold baggage, but they are being trialled for cabin bags at three airports – London’s Heathrow Airport, New York’s JFK and Amsterdam’s Schipol, as well as two air hubs in Boston and Baltimore, USA. The machines, which are said to be worth £199,000 each, will be tested in these locations for 12-months to see if they are suitable to roll out across worldwide airport security. A Heathrow spokesman told MailOnline: ‘We continue to look at new technologies that can both improve the passenger experience and strengthen our security.’ The global aviation ban on bringing liquids over 100ml in carry-on baggage was introduced practically overnight in 2006 after officials revealed that they had uncovered a terror plot to blow up 10 transatlantic planes from Heathrow to North America, which would have killed more people than 9/11. The plan, which became known as the ‘Liquid Bomb Plot’, would have seen the terrorists transport the ingredients for an improvised explosive onto each aircraft where they would have assembled the bomb before detonating it. The explosive ingredients, derived from hydrogen peroxide, was to be disguised and carried in bottles of Lucozade and Oasis. The perpetrators were later jailed for conspiracy to murder. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved