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for the loo is forbidden for 14 hours  By Robert Wainwright and
Joseph Kerr January 7, 2004  Printer friendly version
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passengers have been ordered not to queue outside toilets while
making the 14-hour flight to and from the US.  The directive was
issued late yesterday by the US Transport and Security
Administration, which is demanding pilots make a pre-flight
announcement banning passengers from "congregating in groups
around toilets or anywhere else in the aircraft".  Flight
attendants will be expected to police the toilets, including
checking every two hours for "suspicious packages".  Last night,
Qantas confirmed the directive - also issued to flights
travelling to and from Europe - without commenting on how it
would affect thousands aboard the 37 flights each week to the
US.  This came as the US began fingerprinting and