Hand Baggage Down

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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled

A major terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight has been
disrupted, Scotland Yard says.

It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on
aircraft in hand luggage, with flights from the UK to the US being
targeted.

Passengers on all flights will not be allowed to take any hand luggage
on to any flights in the UK.

Only the barest essentials - including passports and wallets - will be
allowed to be carried on board in transparent plastic bags.

 

You're fucking joking, right?

 

Imagine doing long haul with kids and nothing to distract them with,
although blowing up above the Atlantic would be quite a distraction.

 

Just watching it on News 24 now.

It's a fucking joke. They reckon you can't even take newspapers and
magazines on as hand luggage now.

Thank **** I don't have to fly anywhere for the foreseeable future.

 

He isn't; from BA's website:

"British Airways, acting on instruction from the UK Government, wishes
to advise passengers that no items of hand baggage can be carried on
board any aircraft departing any UK airport.

The UK Government has advised that this instruction will apply to all
airlines operating from UK airports.

Passengers may only take through the airport security search point, the
following items:

Travel documents essential for the journey (eg passports, tickets and
visas)

Pocket sized wallets and pocked sized purses plus contents (for example
money, credit cards and identity cards). Handbags are not permitted.

Prescribed medicines essential for the duration of the flight, except in
liquid form unless verified as authentic.

Spectacles and sunglasses, without cases.

Contact lenses, without bottles of solution

For those traveling with an infant: baby food, milk and sanitary items
essential for the flight.

Keys (but no electrical key fobs).

Every other item must be carried in customer’s hold luggage.

For clarity, passengers are advised that no electrical or battery
powered items including laptops, mobile phones, ipods, remote controls
etc can be carried in the cabin and must be checked in as hold baggage.

Customers are advised to check-in as normal but to expect delays at all
UK airports.

British Airways regrets any inconvenience caused.

Any customers not complying with this Government instruction will not be
accepted for travel by British Airways."

 

Appears he's not, it was just on the radio.

 

Gonna be quiet in the duty free shops.....


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It's genuine.
The question is how long this will stay in force for.

If it becomes a permanent measure there is no way I'm going to fly to New
Zealand next year

 

That's *after* check-in and security, though.

(Don't start me on check-in and duty free purchases after the fucking
jobsworth at Guernsey airport)

 

Perfect solution:

Fly long haul without kids. Leave kids at home, they will be taken
into care and you will not be troubled by them upon your return.

 

Magazines and newspapers are normally complementary in higher classes.

 

All of the recent flights I've taken have been economy only.

Even if there were other classes, would they provide a copy of Bike,
Retro Cars etc?

Didn't think so.

 

No liquids on board.....

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They would if you asked them to.

 

Well that fucks Ryanscare's new policy up then!

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True, even on some of the economy class flights I take, they're
available. Mind you I really don't want to read the IHT.

 

Fucking lunacy.

 

It's worse than that, they've FUBAR'd the MI5 website too ..

"The server at www.mi5.gov.uk is taking too long to respond."

 

(taken out of context)

I'm going to maintain a healthy degree of scepticism about this until I
see some pretty good evidence that the threat existed, and that it's
not all just a PR stunt by the gubmint/police. Think of when the army
brought loads of armoured vehicles to heathrow, the "ricin" "terror"
"plot", and the general fearmongering about terrorism. Admittedly the
scale of the disruption makes this one more believable.

Nicked from elsewhere:

"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders
of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple
matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist
dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no
voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked,
and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the
country to greater danger."
Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

 

Bugger, I wanted to play their sniper game.