After 16 years, Shannon scraps the 100ml liquid rule in hand baggage

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Shannon airport in West Ireland has dropped the 100ml size restriction on containers. This move comes 16 years after the liquid rule was was introduced for airline passengers’ cabin baggage. The airport will allow passengers to take liquids, gels, pastes etc.in containers of any size through the passenger security point. Water, baby food, medicines and other beverages are exempt from size limitations.

However, the passengers are warned that other airports still restrict the size of liquid containers. Shannon has busy links to the UK on Ryanair and to the US on Aer Lingus. They were also the first airport in the world with a duty-free shop, which opened in 1947.

Today global flight security officers currently ban anything that can vaguely be classed as a liquid except in containers under 100ml. This rule; the  was brought in during 2006 following a foiled plan to blow up planes, where the bomb would be assembled in flight from ingredients brought through airport security.

At UK airports, passengers must place laptops and tablets, as well as liquids, in separate trays to ensure they can be examined more closely. These regulations are intended to prevent terrorists bringing liquids on board a plane in sufficient quantities to be able to carry out the plan of improvising an explosive device.

The Heathrow airport announced in 2019 that they would invest in high-tech kit that use the same technology as the CT scanners to assess whether any substance presents a threat.

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