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PASSENGERS TRAVELLING THROUGH Dublin Airport will not be able to bring liquids more than 100ml with them in their hand luggage from 1 September, despite DAA investing to install new scanners for the public to do so.
Temporary restrictions will kick in at the end of this week following a European Commission probe into potential flaws with ‘C3 scanner’ technology.
Dublin Airport’s operators, DAA, have said it takes passenger safety seriously and those arriving at the airport should expect to see changes to the security system from Sunday 1 September
The airport operators have outlined that there will be slightly different rules, depending on which terminal the passengers pass through.
While the measure it a temporary restriction, the European Commission has yet to provide a date to when these limitations will be lifted.
A spokesperson for DAA said: “We hope that these temporary restrictions are only in place for a short period and that the EU will be able to lift them as soon as possible.”
They added that passengers can follow any updates on the airport’s social media channels and websites.
On Tuesday the European Commission said that there are no faults with the new machines but added that it does have significant concerns, following a report in May, over the effectiveness of the machines to detect discrepancies in liquid over 330mls.
A spokesperson for the European Commission added on Tuesday that the institution has yet to receive any updates from the manufactures to quell their concerns over alleged flaws in the new x-rays.
This will only impact airports with C3 scanners, and only a few in the EU have installed them so far – so most customers will likely have already planned to only bring 100ml bottles of liquid with them in their hand luggage.
Passengers will now be required to pack 100ml bottles in sealed, plastic bags and remove all devices from their luggage, as was the method before, while the temporary restrictions are in place.
In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for DAA said that passengers should be prepared to remove all liquids, aerosols and gels from their hand luggage when passing through security over the next number of weeks.
In May, DAA said it was in the process of installing the final 35 C3 scanners, to replace all of their old x-ray machines, across both terminals.
The DAA’s advice remained the same at the time – passengers should still only pack 100ml bottles in sealed, plastic bags in their hand luggage and be prepared to remove devices, in case one of the C3 scanners was not available for them.
A European airport lobby group, Airports Council Europe, has criticised the restrictions and said they unfairly punish airports that have decided to invest the in the new technology and claims the machines can cost eight times more than older scanners.
The head of the lobby group, Olivier Jankovec, said: “The decision to now impose significant restrictions to their use questions the trust and confidence the industry can place in the current EU certification system for aviation security equipment.”
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In plain English, money wasted down the drain by Dublin Airport installing these new scanners. It was supposed to be a game changer, you didn’t have to take anything out of your bag, including liquids, but the queues were longer as the time the scanners takes to OK an item was much longer than the traditional ones.
Now we’re left with overpriced scanners that add no value, and at a slower pace because it takes longer to operate a function that’s no longer effective.
Back to square one, slower queues and money wasted.
@J Ven: it’s not the airports fault its muppets hiding booze in their bags, as with everything we can’t just go by the rules.
@James Rowan: They should have known and it’s a lesson for the governments to vet more thoroughly any new technology being introduced, this technology wasn’t ready, you have to be a fool by thinking that there weren’t going to be muppets hiding booze in their bags. The whole purpose of this technology is to uncover muppets hiding booze in your bags as well as explosives hidden in liquids without any size restriction, that’s the whole point. The technology simply is not ready and it was not tested properly by the airport authorities.
@J Ven: I think they have room to put them in the warehouse with the e voting machines and the time in the slime clock from the river liffy….and they can be sold next year for 100 Euro each to Germany
Absolutely Crazy ffs
Doesn’t Shannon have these?? Nothing in the article about it. Do people even know Shannon exists? Does Shannon exist?
@Keyser Söze:
No, it doesn’t exist other than as a girl’s name.
@Keyser Söze: I great example of the Dublin centric country that that we now live in…the Pale has re-.emerged. perhaps I’ve been living in a Dreamworld here in the West and believe I’ve travelled from Shannon on a Boeing 737-800. In fact for those within the Pale Shannon lead the world with the new scanners and Dublin belatedly followed. As they did with duty free. Obviously it was too far ahead for the EU burgermasters hence the reigning in. No country can be ahead of Germany or France ….. it’s illogical to even think so.
@Nerb:
Did you know Shannon was one of a few alternate landing strips for the space shuttle? There were a few around the world in case they messed up the re-entry and couldn’t make it back to Florida. They had to have a long runway due to the shuttle landing much faster than a normal plane.
OK, no change, no problem, I bought the 100ml bottle kit in Lidl years ago.
A tip I discovered recently. You can empty your reusable sports bottle before security and refill it from the water faucets at the gates. My empty 1Litre reusable plastic bottle does not trigger a security check.
@4g4mPnNi: Yes the water font right outside the men’s toilet down at the gates is excellent. And it only takes half an hour to fill the bottle too, it’s great!!
@Dr Donal Hughes GAA Keeper Coach: Oh dear they still haven’t fixed it so. There are others there that dispense much faster.
@Dr Donal Hughes GAA Keeper Coach:
I just hope the water going to the font is from “upstream” of the toilets !
So just go through security at T2 and walk to T1, completely bypassing the different rules for terminals… Zero thought went into this plan. How do these people still have jobs??
Aviation terrorists. “They haven’t gone away you know.”
It hasn’t changed, it was always so after 9/11.
@Áine G: What liquids were used as weapons on 9/11.
@Jp Cleary: Jet fuel.
@Áine G: 2006 was the reason.
@Eamon: People need to be stop bringing jet fuel in their hand baggage.
@Eamon: I don’t believe the terrorists brought it aboard in their hand luggage.
@Jack Hayes: Was just about to say the same thing. In 2006, transatlantic aircraft were to be blown up using hydrogen peroxide hidden in drinks bottles and some explosives hidden in batteries, I think. The usual suspects.
@Áine G: pre 9/11 going to the airport was an enjoyable experience.
@Dere: It still is. If I’m going somewhere lovely, I’m happy to separate liquids, etc, if it means some headbanger doesn’t get the chance to have their martyrdom video published.
@honey badger: it’s not just the liquids, it’s the energy of the place, where everyone is treated as a potential threat….less fearful world back then, until the powers that be decided that doesn’t benefit them.
@Dere: … But everyone IS a potential threat and I’m glad security is taken seriously. Free falling into the ocean from 7 miles up isn’t my idea of fun.
Even more confusion and stress for passengers travelling from Irish Airports!Shannon,Cork, and Kerry Airports all have different rules with their 3D scanners!
@Dev Boyjonauth: best just go through security nude with no baggage. Shoes on shoes off, belt off, watch on watch off, pockets empty pockets full. Take you pick depending on which airport uou fly thru. I wonder if the eu bureaucrats have to go thru this .. probably not … leeches
No such restrictions in Kerry airport nor has there been for several years. Kerry leading way. Everything stays in your take on luggage.
@David O’ Mahoney:
How many transatlantic flights are there from Kerry every day ?
@David O’ Mahoney: No cause in kerry they are waiting to see the man in the balaclava with the sign bomb on it. Then they will ring someone and ask , is this lad a foreigner ,should we stop him. Lol
Mental. Absolutely mental.
Define ” large electrical items” will travel iron & kettle be OK?
@Elsie Garty: From the Citizens Information website, large electrical items are things like freezers, electric ovens, washing machines etc.
@Elsie Garty:
A better definition might be large electronic items with batteries. eg Laptops and Tablets.
@T1 Put them in a separate tray and visible. @T2 You can leave them in your bag.
If you carry a power bank although small it is better to display that also and keep it with you not in overhead storage. I can’t remember whether I read that on DAA or Ryanair website.
The travel iron and kettle will be OK at both Terminals.
@Gavan Hogan: so a fridge would be ok as long as it fits in the overhead locker and i’ve got priority boarding. Must try that .. when i get over to the uk I’ll be able to plug it into the sockets that are available on some trains and arrive at my destination with fresh food.
The muppets who get caught with booze etc should be paraded in front of the queues as reason why there are delays. A photo of them should be taken and displayed in a prominent position.
This isn’t as crazy as the recent “take off your hoodie” rule
Absolute Circus, with clowns running it.
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