Carry-on luggage restricted

Monday, Oct. 8, 2001 | 9:51 a.m.

CHICAGO -- United Airlines, the nation's second biggest airline, is cutting down on the number of carry-on items passengers can take on planes.

Starting today, the airline will restrict carry-on items to one bag per person. Passengers also can carry aboard one personal item, such as a briefcase or pocketbook.

United spokesman Joe Hopkins would not say Sunday why the airline is limiting the number of carry-on items passengers can have, or if it had anything to do with Sunday's airstrikes by the United States and Great Britain in Afghanistan.

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