16 September 2018

Cabin baggage

What items are forbidden to take on board in cabin baggage?

For reasons of safety, it is forbidden to carry the following items in the sterile areas and on board an aircraft.

Ammunition

pistols, firearms, revolvers, rifles and shotguns
toy weapons
component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sights)
compressed air and CO2 guns (pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns)
signal flare pistols and starter pistols
bows, cross bows and arrows
harpoon guns and spear guns
slingshots and catapults

Stunning devices

devices for shocking (such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons)
animal stunners and animal killers
disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays

Objects with a sharp point or sharp edge

items designed for cutting (axes, hatchets and cleavers)
ice axes and ice picks
razor blades
box cutters
knives with blades of more than 6 cm
scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum
martial arts equipment with a sharp point or sharp edge
swords and sabres

Workmen’s tools

crowbars
drills and drill bits (including cordless portable power drills)
tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cm capable of use as a weapon (such as screwdrivers and chisels)
saws (including cordless portable power saws)
blowtorches
bolt guns and nail guns
blunt instruments
baseball and softball bats
clubs and batons (such as billy clubs, blackjacks and night sticks)
martial arts equipment

Explosives and incendiary substances and devices

ammunition
blasting caps
detonators and fuses
replica or imitation explosive devices
mines, grenades and other explosive military stores
fireworks and other pyrotechnics
smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges
dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives

LAG (Liquids, Aerosols, Gels)

water and other drinks, soups, syrups
creams, lotions and oils
perfumes
sprays
gels (including hair gels and shower gels)
contents of pressurised containers (including shaving foam, other foams, aerosols and deodorants)
pastes (including toothpastes)
liquid/solid mixtures
mascara

The liquids listed above can be transported if kept in individual containers with a capacity of no more than 100 millilitres or equivalent (e.g. 100 grams) placed inside a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag with a capacity of no more than 1 litre (or of equivalent dimensions, for example 18 x 20 cm approx.) and separated from other cabin baggage.

Text by Alisè Vitri

Published on 04 April 2018
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