Why are the hated liquid restrictions still in force at airports?
We’ve been decanting lotion into small containers since 2006 when UK police discovered a plan to bring down an aeroplane using explosives in soft drink bottles.
Almost 20 years ago, police foiled what many regard as the deadliest terror plot ever to be detected on British soil.
Directed by al-Qaeda, a network of UK-based jihadists planned to take down several transatlantic flights in a coordinated attack that would have killed thousands of victims, spread international terror and brought air travel to a halt. They devised a novel method – liquid bombs disguised as unopened bottles of Oasis and Lucozade soft drinks, and detonated using modified disposable cameras – designed explicitly to bypass airport security checks.
The Telegraph London
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