Not all airports will have the airport scanners who have now obtained green light from Brussels. It is up to the airports to inform passengers.
The European Commission announced that it has given green light to the installation of scanners at European Union airports that allow passengers to transport liquids with more than 100 milliliters (mL) and do not have to remove electronic luggage devices.
“We received the evaluation of the European Civil Aviation Conference and gave the European seal, based on its evaluation, this first configuration of Airport Scanners That allows passengers to bring on board these larger liquid packaging, ”said the European Commission spokeswoman for transport, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen.
Speaking at the institution’s daily press conference in Brussels, the official confirmed that the approval of the European Commission “has already been given” for such equipment to operate in the European Union (EU). “Practical measures are not the responsibility of airports. Currently, this technology that has been approved concerns 700 scanners located in 21 member states, ”said the spokeswoman without specifying.
However, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen warned: “This does not mean that now all passengers throughout the European Union can carry larger liquid packaging. responsibility for informing passengers continues to be of each airport And they have to fully inform passengers if they are using this state -of -the -art technology or if they are not using it. ”
Past technical problems
Verde Luz emerges after, in the past, the community executive prohibited such technology, claiming that the equipment presented technical problemsbut authorized them now, after the European Civil Aviation Conference has recommended them.
The purpose of these scanners is to accelerate security controls, since passengers will not have to remove portable computers and liquids from the hand luggage.
These boundaries began to be used after September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and after several failed attacks on transatlantic flights in 2006.
In 2006, the European Commission adopted additional aviation safety rules, restricting the transport of liquids, aerosols and gels by passengers.
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