Woman is on an extended business trip and pumps on a regular basis, storing the milk for her return home. Upon arrival at Heathrow, she's carrying 500 ounces, 300 of which are frozen solid (500oz is nearly 15 litres, for those of you outside the US), and is trying to carry them on. UK law says that "reasonable" amounts of liquid milk can be carried when traveling with a baby - but she was not, so despite offering to pack the milk in checked bags, she is forced to dump it all. Yes, including the frozen milk, which "might melt and BECOME a liquid" she was told.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel...hrow/83492248/
I don't know how to feel about this case. On the one hand, I'm SO over the whole liquids thing - binary liquid explosives are a myth originating in a movie, and genuine liquid explosives are generally so volatile that they can't be carried in large enough quantities to do significant damage to a plane without severe risk of boom-boom during the taxi ride to the airport. I also fully support a mother's right to pump and store milk for her baby's future use, without a bunch of hassles.
Yet, trying to carry on 15 litres of any liquid, even milk or a medically necessary liquid, seems pretty extreme. I mean, the woman was away for 15 days, so she had essentially pumped a 15-day supply, and even frozen, it's got a limited shelf life, so was she planning on another 15-day absence from her baby in the near future and needed that much of a stockpile? The process is perfectly ordinary, but the quantities (of milk and time) seem oddly excessive to me.