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atmosxtoday at 4:30 AM1 replyview on HN

Oh. So it was a security measure? I honestly thought it was a way to force you to spend money on things on the airport or abroad. Like shampoo, water, etc.


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superfranktoday at 4:38 AM

It was a reaction to a foiled terrorist attack in the UK where terrorists planned to blow up planes using liquid explosives disguised as bottles of soda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_pl...