EU ending airline liquids ban too soon
BRUSSELS. January 20. KAZINFORM The European Union is moving too quickly to lift a ban on airline passengers carrying liquids onto flights, the European airports association said on Wednesday, saying loosening the ban could endanger security; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
Carrying more than 100 ml of liquid in hand luggage has been banned in Europe since 2006, after British police uncovered a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives.
European airports association ACI Europe said lifting the ban for passengers originating outside the EU and passing through the 27-nation union would threaten aircraft security. It called the April deadline "overly ambitious".
"It's too soon based on the technology that is available," ACI Europe director-general Olivier Jankovec told Reuters after his group presented its concerns to EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas.
"We have carefully monitored the development of technology, but unfortunately what is available today is unfit for purpose; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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