Will we soon be able to travel by plane with liquids of more than 100 ml?

Is this the end of the restrictions on the quantity of liquid products authorized to take the plane?

In the United Kingdom, it will in any case soon be possible to travel with beauty products of more than 100 ml in your cabin baggage.

This is what the British media

 and BBC claim on November 23.

High-tech scanners are set to be installed at UK airports by mid-2024 to better analyze the contents of travellers' baggage.

The equipment would put an end to security restrictions in place since 2006, after a foiled attack which planned to blow up planes in flight using bombs hidden in bottles.

Say goodbye to plastic bags and the 100ml limit

The modernization of security equipment was announced by Boris Johnson in 2019, and ultimately delayed due to the pandemic.

Based on medical scanner technology, the robots are now being trialled at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, according to

.

They allow security officers to analyze in 3D and high resolution - from all angles, therefore - the interior of travellers' luggage, and no longer in 2D as is currently the case.

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In France, a test at Orly 3

In airports that will have them, and during security checks, it will no longer be necessary to take out your plastic bag containing your skincare products, each of which should not exceed 100 ml.

Saving time for travellers.

While British airports have until mid-2024 to equip themselves with them, others around the world have already taken the plunge, such as John F. Kennedy airport in New York, Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, that of O'Hare in Chicago, or the Schiphol site in Amsterdam, which was equipped in 2021.

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On the French side, an experiment is also underway.

“We are currently testing new explosives detection equipment for cabin baggage, which means that neither electronic devices nor liquids can be removed,” said the ADP group, which operates the Paris airports in particular, to

.

Tests are underway at Orly 3 for a year