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Old Nov 2, 2010 | 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by cordelli
It's pretty interesting, well at least to me.

The UK has banned any toner cartridges with over 500g of stuff in them.

One of the bombs had 300 g of PETN, the other 400 g of PETN according to news reports.

Both, in theory, are still allowed as carry ons, as they are smaller than the restriction.
Yes, but this is OK because without 200 ml of evian, you cannot activate such a bomb.
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