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Re:Understanding American Airport Security Following 9/11 (2... by AdamN on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:20AM (#36940302)
Liquid explosives have been used in multiple attacks, one of which was almost successful (but not in the end). The rationale for banning larger quantities of liquid are rational and done in response to a specific incident:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_pl...

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Re:Understanding American Airport Security Following 9/11 (2... by pjc50 on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:18AM (#36943910)
> one of which was almost successful

Yes, that's what I mean: there's only one near-attack, and since then we've banned all liquids for all flights at a cost of god knows how many benefits.

> The rationale for banning larger quantities of liquid are rational

There's zero cost-benefit analysis for this.

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