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EU liquids plan flawed, US airport officials say

U.S. airport officials say they worry that a European Union plan to partially lift a ban on passengers carrying liquids onto planes will create a security gap and may confuse passengers traveling to the United States.
     
Beginning April 29, the EU plans to allow airline passengers carrying wine, perfume and other liquids purchased at duty-free shops in airports outside Europe to take those items into airline cabins with them when they catch connecting flights at European airports to other European destinations and the United Sates.
     
Airports Council International-North America official Christopher Bidwell said the effectiveness of technologies European airports will use to screen liquids for explosives is unclear. He said passengers arriving in the U.S. from Europe may be forced to dump their purchases when trying board domestic flights.

AP