I must say that Monday morning's flight had the hand baggage overhead lockers filled as they should be: i.e. no travelling wardrobes stuffed in and waiting to fall on my head in the event of a bumpy landing. But this BBC comment made me wonder how many risks there are:
So can I contract in Europe, live in the UK, and not have to do this all the time?
So if any lessons are to be drawn from the drama of United 923, one must be that the airlines and security agencies have plans in place to handle even the merest hint of a threat.
But the mere fact that those plans exist - and that they were put into operation to deal with a 59-year-old woman with a tube of hand cream - must make one wonder if the current generation will ever again be able to regard air travel as simply a quick and easy means of getting from one place to another.
But the mere fact that those plans exist - and that they were put into operation to deal with a 59-year-old woman with a tube of hand cream - must make one wonder if the current generation will ever again be able to regard air travel as simply a quick and easy means of getting from one place to another.
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