Some Liquids Allowed on Planes

Posted on Sep 25, 2006

Thanks to new regulations, small travel-size portions are now OK. As far as we can tell, however, snakes are still verboten.

AP:

The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, as long as they are purchased from secure airport stores, and will also permit small, travel-size toiletries brought from home, officials said Monday.

A total ban on such products, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flying into the United States was foiled, is no longer needed, said Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley.

“We now know enough to say that a total ban is no longer needed from a security point of view,” Hawley told a news conference at Reagan National Airport.

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