New hand baggage guidelines are formally in impact in Spain and the EU – here is what you need to know – CSN

JUST when passing by means of airport safety had acquired a little bit bit simpler, the outdated guidelines masking liquids have been introduced again in.

Airports throughout the European Union, together with these in Spain, on Sunday reintroduced the 100ml restrict on liquids being carried in hand baggage. 

The European Union took the choice to toughen up the foundations as soon as extra whereas a ‘technical situation’ with new high-tech scanners is addressed. 

The transfer was additionally seen in the UK earlier this summer season, in response to the BBC. 

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The 100ml rule has lengthy been in place, ever since tried terror assaults utilizing liquids have been detected. 

Passengers needed to place any liquids, pastes or gels they have been carrying in clear plastic baggage and put them by means of airport X-ray machines.

However new scanners had been launched in EU airports resembling Rome and Amsterdam, they usually allowed for passengers to journey with liquids in better volumes than 100ml and in addition eliminated the necessity to take them out of their baggage. 

What’s extra, massive digital gadgets resembling laptops may additionally keep in baggage, thus decreasing the time passengers took by means of safety. 

However the EU has determined to reinstate the 100ml guidelines whereas it investigates this technical situation with the scanners. 

Whereas it has not stated precisely what the difficulty is, a technical report despatched by the European Fee to the European Civil Aviation Convention (ECAC) final Might instructed that the scanners’ reliability can’t be assured when containers have greater than 330 millilitres of liquids inside. 

Till the difficulty is resolved, passengers can count on an extended wait at airport safety as soon as extra.