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Pain in the ASS
This is the advice from Singaporeiar in the UK
URGENT ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS FROM AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
10 August 2006
Travellers from airports in the UK are advised that the UK Department for Transport has advised that immediate restrictions will be placed on the carriage of handluggage on all flights from UK airports until further notice.
Accordingly, all customers on Singapore Airlines flights from London Heathrow and Manchester on 10 August 2006, and until further notice, must observe the following restrictions in items taken beyond the airport security search points:
In a single (ideally transparent) plastic carrier bag, only the following items:
Pocket-size wallets and pocket-size purses plus contents (for example money, credit cards, identity cards etc (not handbags)
Travel documents essential for the journey (for example passports and travel tickets)
Prescription medicines and medical items sufficient and essential for the flight (eg, diabetic kit), except in liquid form unless verified as authentic
Spectacles and sunglasses, without cases
Contact lens holders, without bottles of solution
For those travelling with an infant: baby food, milk (the contents of each bottle must be tasted by the accompanying passenger) and sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight (nappies, wipes, creams and nappy disposal bags)
Female sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight, if unboxed (eg tampons, pads, towels and wipes)
Tissues (unboxed) and/or handkerchiefs
Keys (but no electrical key fobs). All passengers must be hand searched, and their footwear and all the items they are carrying must be X-ray screened.
Nothing may be carried in pockets. No liquids of any sort will be permitted.
Regards
Drew
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