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| October 25, 2010 | Airport scanner reveals what's in your bottle, so you can carry your own drinks on board | | London: Carrying your own drinks on board planes would be possible once again thanks to a new airport scanner developed by British scientists that can differentiate between water and liquid explosives. Manufacturers have been given an official EU approval to use the new generation of X-ray machines at all European airports. The machines could be in place by April and would end the confusion surrounding liquid bans that add to delays for
millions of British holidaymakers. The ban on liquids in hand luggage was imposed
in August 2006 after police uncovered a plot to destroy at least seven planes
using chemicals hidden in soft drinks bottles. Kromek, a spin-off company from
Durham University, has created the new scanner. "The best analogy is that compared
to conventional X-ray scanners, this is the difference between seeing an object
in black and white and seeing it in colour," the Daily Mail quoted Arnab Basu
of Kromek, as saying. "You just put a bottle in the scanner and it will show whether
it is water or a chemical explosive," he added. The company's scanners can also
read the barcode on a bottle of liquid in a suitcase and then check to see whether
the contents have been tampered with by referring to a vast database of different
drinks.
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