BAA: Liquids will be removed from the passenger

NEW, STRICT regulations covering the carrying of electronic devices on aircraft are still causing long delays.

Electronic devices may now be allowed in the single piece of luggage allowed on board withe the passenger. But liquids other than essential baby milk are still banned.

Rather ominously The British Airports Authority (BAA)the BAA site warns that "Liquids will be removed from the passenger." Eek.

Actually what they mean is that fizzy drinks are now regarded as a security risk and, consequently, are banned from the cabin.

As a result of the terror threat in the UK having been downgraded from critical to severe, the ban on MP3 players and iPodalikes has been lifted. It was thought that these could be used to detonate a liquid device.

Bizarrely while the ban was in place thing, you could still buy such items in Duty Free. The INQ checked with Dixons at Heathrow Terminal 4 and the nice assistant said, "Yeah, we can still sell you an iPod.

The Sydney Morning Herald recently carried a rather OTT piece of paranoia created by Cybertrust. Amongst its four hot tips of how to travel with your laptop are the advice that you should remove all the data from your hard drive not deemed essential for your trip.

Then data any required at your destination should be carried on your person on a CD or USB stick. Hmm. The INQ wonders if we will be able to get away with carrying a USB stick as hand luggage? µ

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