Britain's security services has raised the threat level on all airports in the UK due to a terror threat.
Blue1's morning flight KF551 arrived according to schedule to London Stansted, however the return flight KF552 will arrive late at 16.20.
These security measures will not affect Blue1's evening flight KF 553 to London. Delays possible. Scheduled time of departure is 18.10 Finnish time.
More information canbe obtained from www.helsinki-vantaa.fi, YLE tekst-tv pages 425-427 and MTV3 pages 600-605.
Allowed items through security search point
All cabin baggage must be processed as hold baggage and carried in the hold of passenger aircraft departing UK airports.
Passengers may take through the airport security search point, in a single (ideally transparent) plastic carrier bag, only the following itens.
Nothing may be carried in pockets:
* pocket size wallets and purses plus contents e.g. money, credit cards, identity cards etc (not handbags);
* travel documents essential for the journey e.g. passports and travel tickets;
* prescription medicines and medical items sufficient and essential for the flight e.g. diabetic kit, except in liquid form unless verified as authentic;
* spectacles and sunglasses, without cases;
* contact lens holder, without bottles of solution;
* for those travelling with an infant: baby food, milk (the contents of each bottle must be tasted by the accompanying passenger) and sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight (nappies, wipes, creams and nappy disposal bags);
* female sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight, if unboxed eg. tampons, peds, towels and wipes;
* tissues, unboxed, and/or handkerchiefs;
* keys, but no electrical key fobs
All passengers must be hand searched, and their footwear and all the items they are carrying must be x-ray screened.
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