[Velveeta]

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flightops/public/en_gb


"British Airways, acting on instruction from the UK Government, wishes to advise passengers that no items of hand baggage can be carried on board any aircraft departing any UK airport.

The UK Government has advised that this instruction will apply to all airlines operating from UK airports.

Passengers may only take through the airport security search point, the following items:

Travel documents essential for the journey (eg passports, tickets and visas)

Pocket sized wallets and pocked sized purses plus contents (for example money, credit cards and identity cards). Handbags are not permitted.

Prescribed medicines essential for the duration of the flight, except in liquid form unless verified as authentic.

Spectacles and sunglasses, without cases.

Contact lenses, without bottles of solution

For those traveling with an infant: baby food, milk and sanitary items essential for the flight.

Keys (but no electrical key fobs).

Every other item must be carried in customer�s hold luggage.

For clarity, passengers are advised that no electrical or battery powered items including laptops, mobile phones, ipods, remote controls etc can be carried in the cabin and must be checked in as hold baggage.

Customers are advised to check-in as normal but to expect delays at all UK airports.

British Airways regrets any inconvenience caused.

Any customers not complying with this Government instruction will not be accepted for travel by British Airways."

[BurbankKarl]

These people on CNNi are funny...whaddya mean I cant take an iPod on a flight?!? How long will that last.

Calling it the most drastic measure.

I guess they forgot about the total ground stop in America, and incoming Int'l flights being met with armed F16s on 9/11

[Cindy]

Good Velveeta.
THANKS for that update.

[Kay]

They are serious. Sounds like logical items to omit. Good find.

[grey_whiskers]

This is VERY interesting, in light of the following:

End of June / Early July I flew to Alaska. I had carried on an AquaFina purchased less than 5 minutes before from an airport vendor. They made me drink it to make sure it was water...

So they have had knowledge of *something* dangerous about liquids in carry-on items getting onto planes for months now.

Prayers up!

[Pebcak]

Thank you, Velveeta.

They don't say cell phones, but seem to be leaning toward all things electronic. Weren't there suspicious characters buying large numbers of cell phones in the news recently?

[nopardons]

bttt

[bnev]

Sky News' report gave me the impression that they were focusing on liquids. I wonder if they might actually be looking for potential bio agents and not explosives, as is being reported publicly.