Security limits on liquids and laptops in airport hand baggage might be axed within the UK by 2024 with the rollout of improved scanning expertise.
The British authorities is weighing putting in the 3D scanners inside two years, though a ultimate determination must be made, The Occasions studies.
The superior scanning tools can zoom in on a bag's contents and rotate the pictures for safety workers to examine.
The 3D scanners have been examined at London Heathrow Airport since 2017.
Comparable expertise has already been used at main US airports.
British officers have been finishing up a overview and an announcement is due earlier than Christmas.
The deliberate transfer goals to cut back queues in UK airports.
Passengers carrying liquid of their cabin baggage are presently restricted to containers holding a restrict of 100ml.
These should be proven to safety workers in a single, clear, resealable plastic bag, which holds not more than a litre and measures about 20cm by 20cm.
Comparable guidelines are in place at Australian airports for passengers on worldwide flights.
The restrictions had been launched in November 2006 and ended a ban on liquids within the cabin imposed three months earlier, after a foiled terrorism plot.
UK authorities stated they'd stopped terrorists who needed to explode about 10 planes with explosives hidden in drinks bottles.
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