UK security official tries to board plane with banned liquids
BRITAIN'S anti-terror chief launched an astonishing attack on airport security staff after they stopped her taking a banned amount of liquid onto a plane.
Home Office minister Baroness Neville-Jones, in charge of national security, was en route to a Washington summit when she was found to have an oversized aerosol can in her bag. Strict rules for the amount of fluids permitted in hand luggage were introduced in 2006 after al-Qaeda plotters came close to blowing up seven aircraft in mid-air using liquid explosives hidden in drink bottles.
Since then only liquids of less than 100ml have been permitted in cabin bags on all flights from British and US airports.
The Baroness was ticked off by border staff, who did not recognise her. But she took offence when they told her how important security is.
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