EU airports will reintroduce 100ml limit as new scanners ‘don’t meet standard’

Airports in the EU will reintroduce the limit on hand luggage liquids due to a temporary technical issue.

Several airports across the continent scrapped the longstanding 100ml limit after introducing high-tech C3 scanners, which were intended to eliminate the need for such a rule.

But uncertainty over the effectiveness of the machines has led to the rule being reimposed by the EU Commission at the end of July. That decision comes into effect from today.

The scanners have been deployed in airports such as Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden so far, according to the Airports Council International (ACI)’s European branch.

Rome, Amsterdam and Dublin are among the cities with airports affected by the reinstatement of the rule.

The EU Commission said the decision was not ‘in response to any new threat’.

Airports have restrictions on the amount of liquid you are allowed to bring through hand luggage as traditional security equipment, such as X-ray machines, can’t effectively detect liquid explosives.

Airports in the UK were meant to see the 100ml rule lifted in June, after the plans were pushed back in April.

It is believed that the major UK airports have been granted an extension after failing to meet the June 1 deadline, issued by the government on a case-by-case basis.

London City Airport has already seen this change, and was the first airport in the capital to get rid of the rule in April last year.

The C3 scanner installed mean that passengers coming to and from the airport can carry up to two litres of liquids.

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