You CAN take more than 100ml of drink on a plane

jonnyjackov

trelfa1966 wrote: »

Why is then that a cigarette lighter can be taken aboard a plane, surely this is a greater risk to security than an innocent bottle of pop,

It's not the innocent bottle of pop that is the problem. What if it is not an innocent bottle of pop, but is a half litre of explosive or combustable liquids?

trelfa1966 wrote: »

what about all the liquids on board that can be bought, surely if liquids CAN be mixed together then it is a farce to sell them, not only on board but also in airport lounges.

But you can't buy a litre of Hydrogen Peroxide on the plane, and I don't think you could bring a plane down with an orange and soda!

IF terrorists tried to blow up several airplanes on the same day, using chemicals disguised as innocent drinks, and will try again given half a chance then I can see no other option for security other than to ban large quantities of liquids.

I would rather give up my water and feel a little bit safer, but that is just my opinion.

wavefinder

have recently flew to madrid from bournemouth airport, at hurn airport as you wait to go thru to the plane there is a huge perspex box in which you have to deposit your cigarrette liters in. now once in madrid, it becomes a farce just trying to visit any museum or gallery. huge queues because everybody is searched, empty pockets handbags etc. now, on the way back from madrid airport after check in i had a bottle of liquer confiscated off me which was in my hand luggage, but she kindly let me keep the free packet of coffee that was stuck to the bottle and then chased after me to give me my cigarrete lighter which i had left in the tray! WEIRD!!!!
incidentally after stepping off plane in madrid then airport bus to terminal i shown my passport and retrieved my bag in, and i am serious about this, EXACTLY 1 AND A HALF MINUTES! INCREDIBLE. IT MUST BE A RECORD. on return to bournemouth we queued for half an hour to show passport and then 40 mins to get our bags because there was a problem with the hold! all this while everybody was absolutely knackered being one of those early mornin flights. still MADRID IS A WONDERFULL PLACE AND I AM GOING BACK ASAP.

peterbaker

I don't buy much bottled water unless it is really cheap.

I usually have a used 500ml bottle filled with chilled tap water for my journey to the airport (I keep a couple of litres of fresh chilled tap water in the fridge continuously).

I empty it before security. I refill it again the other side.

As for the frozen jobbie, I think the OP (original poster) has probably made more of it than the original perpitrator. It seems it wasn't drink but some improvised coolblock or even frozen milk

Anyway, sounds like it was partly being used as a cool block, and the original perpitrator quite naturally just tried to use his superior gift of the gab to keep it and to keep his food chilled. He was successful. AFAIK he hasn't visited MSE to recommend his own actions to anyone else.

I sometimes take frozen and chilled food through in handbaggage and might even have inadvertently taken one of those frozen gel coolblocks through to help preserve the food. Me being me, I would even admit here that I might even have defaulted into some superior argument in order to avoid the inadvertent loss, but I wouldn't recommend habitually taking frozen coolblocks through security and arguing about them. Boys and girls at security and everyone else in the vicinity would quite soon get fed up with it!

A bit like this thread really, but here I am posting on it anyway:rolleyes: :beer:

WiseInvestor_2

trelfa1966 wrote: »

Why is then that a cigarette lighter can be taken aboard a plane, surely this is a greater risk to security than an innocent bottle of pop

Whilst a fire onboard is a serious emergency, the pilots should at least have the chance to get the aeroplane on the ground before the fuselage starts to melt whilst the cabin crew are working hard to put the flames out and stop people being overcome by smoke.

An explosion, however, is another matter entirely which could seriously damage the aeroplane to the extent it becomes unflyable.

The current security restrictions are frustrating but the alternative is unthinkable.

WiseInvestor_2

peterbaker wrote: »

I usually have a used 500ml bottle filled with chilled tap water for my journey to the airport (I keep a couple of litres of fresh chilled tap water in the fridge continuously).

I empty it before security. I refill it again the other side.

The DfT regulations relate to the capacity of the container rather than its contents. An empty vessel larger than 100ml contravenes those regulations.