Get used to the baggie...

…cause it’s here to stay:

 Tough security restrictions will remain in place at UK airports until x-ray machines improve their detection of suspect liquids, according to government sources, two years after the aviation industry was engulfed by the aftermath of allegations of a Heathrow bomb plot.

A ban on carrying large amounts of fluids in hand luggage could stay in place for at least five more years, experts added, because the latest x-ray technology cannot spot liquid bomb threats swiftly or process bags quickly enough.

Norman Shanks, an airport security consultant and former head of security at Heathrow owner BAA, said: “I see these measures staying in place for at least another five years, by which time technology may have moved to the point where we can detect if these items are inside bags.” - guardian.co.uk