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Article: Plot's legacy for travel counted in fluid ounces; A plot's legacy for travel, counted in fluid ounces ; Air passengers' lives changed forever with rules for carry-on liquids
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- September 9, 2009
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MATTHEW L WALD
International Herald Tribune
09-09-2009
Plot's legacy for travel counted in fluid ounces; A plot's legacy for travel, counted in fluid ounces ; Air passengers' lives changed forever with rules for carry-on liquids
Byline: MATTHEW L WALD
Type: News
Security experts had long recognized the possibility of making a bomb from liquids. But in August 2006, when the arrests in Britain were made, security at passenger checkpoints focused mostly on detecting metals.
Three years ago, when the British authorities arrested 24 men they said were planning to bring down airliners by detonating bomb cocktails blended onboard from seemingly innocuous liquids, security officials drew up measures ...