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Beginning with the need to combat the wave of hijackings in the 1970s, airport security has evolved over the last 50 years. Today, it is part and parcel of the passenger journey – a fact of life for air travellers and airport workers, governed by an essential set of measures to keep our skies safe.
Pretty much every major development in airport security has taken place to combat a new threat – such as the liquids restrictions which have been in place for nearly 20 years – or to respond to a threat which has sadly prevailed, such as baggage screening requirements in the wake of the Lockerbie bombing. It’s rare for changes to be made which aren’t prompted by either of these two things, yet that’s exactly what is happening at airports up and down the UK right now.