Checklist for air travellers

Airline passengers have been banned from taking any hand luggage, including liquids and all electrical devices.

Airline passengers have been banned from taking any hand luggage, including liquids and all electrical devices, after British anti-terrorist officers uncovered a plot to blow up planes in mid-flight. All flight essentials must be carried in plastic bags.

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• Passengers should carry only one piece of hand baggage, which will be checked manually.

• Don't carry any liquid or gel with you; this includes creams and lotions of all kinds.

• You can however carry milk if you are travelling with a child.

• But you will have to taste the milk before the security personnel.

• The sick can carry medicines, but need a prescription.

• Female sanitary items, tissues, handkerchiefs allowed, but should be unboxed.

• Keys (but no electrical fobs)

• You can no longer carry laptops, cellphones or other electronic items like iPods on board

• If you're going to the US and UK, international travellers need to report to the airport three hours in advance. It's one-and-a-half hour if you're a domestic traveller.

• Check in will close 30 minutes in advance.