Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into the security restricted area and the cabin of an aircraft:
Guns, Firearms & Weapons
Any object capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, including: - All firearms (Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles, Shotguns etc) - Replica and imitation firearms - Component parts of firearms,(excluding telescopic sighting devices & sights) - Air pistols, rifles and pellet guns - Signal flare pistols - Starter pistols - Toy guns of all types - Ball Bearing Guns - Industrial Bolt and Nail Guns - Cross bows - Catapults - Harpoon & Spear Guns - Animal Humane Killers - Stun or shocking devices e.g cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons (taser) - Lighters shaped like a firearm.
Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including: - Axes & hatchets - Arrows & darts - Crampons - Harpoons & spears - Ice axes & ice picks - Ice skates - Lockable or flick knives with blades of any length - Knives, including ceremonial knives, with blades of more than 6 cm, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon. - Meat cleavers - Machetes - Open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge) - Sabres, Swords & swordsticks - Scalpels - Scissors with blades more than 6 cm in length - Ski and Walking/Hiking poles - Throwing stars - Tradesman's tools that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon e.g. drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches.
Blunt instruments
Any blunt instrument capable of causing injury, including: - Baseball and softball bats - Clubs or batons - rigid or flexible - e.g. Billy clubs, blackjacks, night sticks & batons - Cricket Bats - Golf Clubs - Hockey sticks - Lacrosse sticks - Kayak and Canoe paddles - Skateboards - Billiard, snooker and pool cues - Fishing rods - Martial arts equipment e.g. knuckle dusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails, num chucks, kubatons, kubasaunts
Explosives and flammable Substances
Any explosive or highly combustible substances which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security / safety of aircraft or property, including: - Ammunition - Blasting caps - Detonators & fuses - Explosives and explosive devices - Replica or imitation explosive material or devices - Mines & other explosive military stores - Grenades of all types - Gas & gas containers e.g. Butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen - in large volume. - Fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics (including party poppers and toy caps) - Non safety matches - Smoke generating canisters or cartridges - Flammable liquid fuel e.g. Petrol / gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol. - Aerosol spray paint - Turpentine & paint thinner - Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof)
Chemical and Toxic substances
Any chemical or toxic substances which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security / safety of aircraft or property, including: - Acids and Alkalis e.g. spillable ‘wet’ batteries - Corrosive or Bleaching Substances - e.g. mercury, chlorine - Disabling or incapacitating sprays - e.g. mace, pepper spray, tear gas - Radioactive material. - e.g. Medicinal or commercial isotopes - Poisons - Infectious or biological hazardous material. - e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses - Material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion. - Fire extinguishers
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN HOLD BAGGAGE:
- Explosives, including Detonators, fuses, grenades, mines and explosives - Gases: Propane, butane - Flammable liquids, including Gasoline, methanol - Flammable solids and reactive substances, including Magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares - Oxidizers and organic peroxides, including Bleach, car body repair kits - Toxic or infectious substances, including Rat poison, infected blood - Radioactive material, including Medicinal or commercial isotopes - Corrosives, including Mercury, vehicle batteries - Vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel
