Airlines Confidential · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
The TSA is considering a policy change that would allow passengers to bring full water bottles through security checkpoints. This potential change is due to advancements in baggage scanner technology that can distinguish between harmless and dangerous liquids.
“And the TSA update though, I think is one that we can all get behind, which is TSA talking about allowing full water bottles through some checkpoints because some agency baggage scanners can distinguish now between, you know, the harmless liquids and dangerous liquids.”
“And TSA hasn't said which airports is happening at, but only that it's considering it.”
“Oh, good. Um, I, I know this is something TSA studied for a long time, and the problem always was the false positives.”