UK airports get more time to put in new scanners that will allow more liquids and packed laptops
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FILE - People in the arrivals area at Heathrow Airport in London, Jan. 26, 2021. The British government says it will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1 deadline to fully install new scanning technology that would have allowed passengers to take two liters (70 ounces) of liquid in their hand luggage rather than the current paltry 100 milliliters (3.5 ounces). (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)FILE - A plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London, June 5, 2018. The British government says it will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1, 2024 deadline to fully install new scanning technology that would have allowed passengers to take two liters (70 ounces) of liquid in their hand luggage rather than the current paltry 100 milliliters (3.5 ounces). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
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FILE - People in the arrivals area at Heathrow Airport in London, Jan. 26, 2021. The British government says it will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1 deadline to fully install new scanning technology that would have allowed passengers to take two liters (70 ounces) of liquid in their hand luggage rather than the current paltry 100 milliliters (3.5 ounces). (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)