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[[File:2006-08-10 police raid walthamstow london uk-NOISEedit.jpg|thumb|190px|right|Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, [[Walthamstow]], London]]
The '''2006 transatlantic aircraft plot''' was a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] plot to detonate [[Explosive material|liquid explosives]], carried aboard [[airliner]]s travelling from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], disguised as soft drinks.<ref>{{cite news|first=Bob |last=Sherwood |author2=Stephen Fidler |title=MI5 tracked group for a year |work=Financial Times |date=10 August 2006 |access-date=17 February 2009 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cbed2e12-28b5-11db-a2c1-0000779e2340.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026170433/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cbed2e12-28b5-11db-a2c1-0000779e2340.html |archive-date=26 October 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> The plot was discovered by British [[Metropolitan Police]] during an extensive surveillance operation. As a result of the plot, unprecedented security measures were initially implemented at airports. The measures were gradually relaxed during the following weeks, but {{As of|2025|lc=y}}, passengers
Of 24 suspects who were arrested in and around London on the night of 9 August 2006, eight were tried initially for terrorism offences associated with the plot. The first trial occurred from April to September 2008. The jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of conspiracy to kill by blowing up aircraft but did find three men guilty of conspiracy to murder and acquitted one other of all charges.
During July 2010, a further three of the accused were found guilty at a third trial at [[Woolwich Crown Court]] of conspiracy to murder.<ref name=BBC12710>{{cite news|title=Would-be suicide bombers jailed for life |date=12 July 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10600084.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711220841/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10600084.stm |archive-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Thus, of the nine men tried, two were acquitted and seven found guilty of conspiracy charges.
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{{Main|Security repercussions due to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot}}
[[File:Heathrow Terminal 5 airside 020.JPG|right|thumb|[[London Heathrow Airport]]]]In the immediate aftermath of the first arrests, passengers were forbidden from carrying any liquids, apart from baby milk, onto flights between the United States and the United Kingdom. Since passengers could purchase beverages after passing airport security checkpoints in some American airports, gate checkpoints were also introduced at such airports.<ref>{{cite news|title=Romney activates National Guard for Logan Airport – Boston.com |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/08/10/romney_to_activate_national_guard_for_logan_airport/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724201342/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/08/10/romney_to_activate_national_guard_for_logan_airport/ |archive-date=24 July 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=12 April 2009 }}</ref>
{{As of|2025|lc=n}} passengers are still not allowed to carry liquid containers larger than {{cvt|100|mL|USfloz}} onto commercial aircraft in their [[hand luggage]] in many airports around the world. However as airports install advanced [[CT scan|computed tomography]] (CT) scanners, those restrictions are gradually being removed or relaxed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Jessica |title=Airport liquid rules are changing — which ones are scrapping the 100ml limit? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/29/airport-liquid-rules-changing-across-europe-ones-scrapping-100ml-limit-23774520/ |access-date=11 August 2025 |work=Metro |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd |date=29 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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