“Oh my God! People can carry cans of what appears to be soda and blow up a plane.” It was a typical reaction of people on both sides of the Atlantic after the announcement on 10 August that terrorists had allegedly been plotting to blow up several flights from the UK to the US, using the liquid explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP). No longer, it seemed, do bombers need to tape explosives to their shoes or hide bombs in their rucksacks. The explosive could simply be disguised in a bottle of fizzy drink or face lotion.
The extra security measures…
