Your hand-luggage liquid limit began as an emergency response to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot — a plan to detonate liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks on UK-to-North-America flights. Nearly two decades on, the rule remains the UK baseline because…

At London Stansted, liquids under 100ml can stay in your hand luggage, but the airport has no universal rule keeping laptops packed on every lane. On legacy 2D lanes you'll still be told to remove them and place them flat.…

A wedding ring taken at a Pennsylvania airport checkpoint was returned to its owner because the keyring holding it carried a AAA membership tag. That identifying mark — not any policy — made the return possible. TSA’s written rule for…

In July 2025, the TSA ended the requirement that airline passengers remove their shoes at security checkpoints. The mandate had run for nearly 19 years, from August 2006. The rule's most-quoted defense — from former TSA administrator John Pistole —…

Belts, jackets, laptops, and full-size liquids still have to come out of your bag at most U.S. checkpoints, even though TSA ended mandatory shoe removal in July 2025. The 3.4-ounce liquid cap and one quart-size bag rule remain in force…