Carry-on liquids rule gets 3 more years of life

By Joe Brancatelli

If you were hoping against hope that the annoying restrictions on carry-on liquids — the so-called “3-1-1 rule” first enacted in the summer of 2006 — would be lifted soon, forget it. The European Union last month essentially extended the rules for another three years and that’s a sure sign that the Transportation Security Administration has no intention of lifting our strictures. After all, the rules first were imposed as a reaction to an alleged mid-air bomb plot involving flights between Britain and the United States.

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