The TSA fluid limit for carry-on luggage exists for a reason. In 2006, Briain, the U.S., and Pakistan security foiled a plot by al-Qaeda operatives to set off bombs on airplanes using liquid explosives. The plan was to smuggle bomb materials onto planes using plastic drink bottles. Since...
By this point, everyone knows there are limits to the size of liquid containers you can bring on an airplane inside your carry-on bag (3.4 ounces or smaller, all must fit inside a one-quart bag). But what about in your checked baggage? How much liquid and how big of a bottle or ot...
Passengers board the airplane Answer: Airlines have different regulations, but generally, each hand luggage must not exceed 20×40×55 centimeters (8×16×22 inches) and should be less than five kilograms (about 11 pounds) in total. Any items that exceed these criteria are treated as checked ...
The liquid explosive bit seemed on the surface to be pure tabloid-bait but did expose the security theatre nature of the rules on carrying liquids and the arbitrariness of the 100ml per container limit. It was set off using a commercial detonator purely for reasons of safety I would imagine ...
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passable through security) with two different chemicals (not named), mixed them together in a bottle bought airside and then detonated. The explosion blew out the side of the airplane fuselage where they had set the exlosive device. So further proof of the inanity of the 100ml fluid limit....