The first UK airport with 100% ‘don’t unpack’ security scanners is …. Teesside

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• lumma says:

  13 Jan13 January 19:11

  In Australia there’s no liquid limit on domestics (you can even go airside if you’re not flying) but there is for international.

  There’s no real need for the liquid limit

  • Errol says:

    14 Jan14 January 12:26

    So you are happy for passengers to take sufficient liquid explosives onboard that could down an aircraft are you?

• Anup says:

  13 Jan13 January 20:03

  Flew from LCY this week – the new scanner was pushing 90% of bags out for a manual search leading to a crowd of people waiting much longer. Feels like there might be some teething problems!

  • redlilly says:

    13 Jan13 January 22:51

    Just been picked out of the queue for one of these machines at Brisbane Airport… it was super easy and quick, only problem was the body scanner – with the guy in front – who kept insisting he had nothing in his pockets, but kept pulling stuff out like some magician! This is when I really feel sorry for the security agents. Painful.

    When in action, they are always the quickest (for me) at Heathrow T5. Seems that LCY may be having some teething problems as you say.

• Kiwi Abroad says:

  13 Jan13 January 20:39

  Welcome to the Real World England. Loads of countries don’t make you take your liquids out. Queues and/or delays don’t seem to be any longer because of it. And it helps a lot that those working don’t have an anti traveller attitude too

  • Will says:

    14 Jan14 January 00:33

    Possibly valid, but also quite possible that Britain sees itself as more likely to be targeted by this form of terrorism.

    Erring on the side of extreme caution is probably wise with air travel.

    • Novice says:

      14 Jan14 January 09:05

      But that doesn’t really make sense. I have been to places where when I travel back they don’t even check my hand luggage or anything and UK insists on checking everything properly. Surely, there’s more danger/threat coming in to UK if UK is target. Going out of UK if there’s terrorists onboard then wouldn’t the destination country be the target as well ad passengers I guess.

    • DaveJ says:

      14 Jan14 January 17:23

      How many people died from terrorism last year versus eg car accidents?

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