Taipei, Aug. 10 (CNA) The British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) issued an urgent notice Thursday about new boarding arrangements for passengers at U.K. airports after a terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the U.K. to the U.S. was foiled.
The BTCO, the U.K.'s representative office in Taiwan, said in the press release that passengers boarding flights at any U.K. airport will be asked to pass through an airport security search point carrying only a single (ideally transparent) plastic carrier bag.
And only the following items may be carried in pockets:
-- Pocket-size wallets and pocket-size purses plus contents (for
example money, credit cards, identity cards etc (not handbags).
-- Travel documents essential for the journey.
-- Prescription medicines and medical items sufficient and
essential for the flight, except in liquid form or unless verified as
authentic.
-- Spectacles and sunglasses, without cases.
-- Contact lens holders, without bottles of solution.
-- For those travelling with an infant: baby food, milk and
sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight.
-- Female sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight,
if unboxed.
-- Tissues (unboxed) and/or handkerchiefs.
-- Keys (but no electrical key fobs).
All passengers must be hand-searched, and their footwear and all items they are carrying must be X-rayed. Baby prams and walking aids must be X-ray screened, and only airport-provided wheelchairs may pass through the screening point.
In addition to the above, all passengers boarding flights to the USA and all items they are carrying, including those acquired after the central screening point, must be subjected to a secondary search at the boarding gate.
Any liquids must be taken from the passenger.