Are you taking a plane? Starting tomorrow at security checks, everything changes: which liquids you can keep in your bag and which you can't
The countdown will start at midnight today, August 31. From then on, the regulation of liquid [...]
MXP
The countdown will start at midnight today, Aug. 31. From then on, the regulation of liquids allowed in carry-on baggage will return to what it was a few years ago, even at airports equipped with the most innovative baggage screening machines, called Edsbc (which stands for Explosive detection systems for cabin baggage), which in Italy are located in the terminals of Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate airports.
In this article:
In practice, all containers of liquids (or gels, sunscreens and the like) with a capacity greater than 100 milliliters will no longer be allowed to pass through the machines. This was after the European Commission and airport security regulators found that the machines in question were unable to 'rule out' at 100% (as was thought to be the case when they were introduced in the two years preceding the Covid outbreak) The presence of explosives in small bottles or other types of containers.
Initially, last spring, the indication had been to Remove containers of liquids with a capacity greater than 100 milliliters from carry-on baggage and place them in another tray Before running them under the Edscb machines.. Now, however, it has been decided to return to the situation before they were introduced: no liquid containers over 100 milliliters in capacity will be allowed through airport security checkpoints from September 1. Do you have a water bottle with you? You will either have to drink it or throw it away before screening.
What if your next trip was because of points?
Join the Training Center and improve your knowledge in the world of travel reward
The European Commission explained that the goal is to Further enhance the 'scanning' capability of the machines in question (for which airports have made multimillion-dollar investments), so as to restore the system adopted with their introduction. But could not give any indication of the time frame for that upgrade, and thus specify how long the return to the old limits on liquids in baggage will last.
Electronic equipment and PCs will not be affected by this return to the old restrictions and can, therefore, be left inside the carry-on baggage. In any case, it seems inevitable that, especially in the days after September 1, may experience longer wait times at security checkpoints at airports touched by the adoption of the old standards.
