Extra hand-luggage checks from tomorrow

[Janet]

From tomorrow, 1 March, travellers to and from all Spanish airports including those in the Canaries will have to expect further inspections of hand luggage to comply with Spain's adoption of EU directive 2015/187. This requires Aena to impose controls for trace explosives throughout its network, and any electrical items, including irons, hair dryers, cameras and any battery-operated objects including toys will be subject to specific inspection. Aena network director Fernando Echegaray said that the new regulations will "improve defences against the threat of improvised devices hidden in hand luggage, and are the result of recent data concerning new ways that explosives can be hidden in hand luggage. The new measures have no impact on rules about carrying liquids over 100ml in hand luggage in EU airports, which remain in place. JA

[Guanche]

Another way of looking at this EU directive is, more queues and another victory for terror. While the IRA and their ilk were at their height this was called 'Ten pence terror' Ten pence for the phone call and ten hours of disruption. Until the fight is taken to the terrorist we can only expect more of the same. Sadly that may infringe their Human Rights! The world may be getting smaller but it's also getting slower.