Beware of 'fizzy drinks'

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Terrorism experts suggested that the concentration on hand luggage indicated the plot involved explosives detonated manually rather than through a remote controlled detonator or timer.

"You could carry an inert liquid that if you mix with another one could become explosive," said David Hill, a former counter-terrorism expert at the National Crime Squad and a security consultant at Red24.

"You could get the materials to make a bomb from a garden centre. Or it could be something as simple as taking on board paraffin and attempting to start a fire."

Sources told the BBC that the plot may have centred around smuggling explosives on board in fizzy drinks.