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The EU has strict security measures in place to keep dangerous items
from being taken on board a flight. Find out what you can't take in your
hand baggage (bags you carry with you) and what cannot be taken on a
plane at all.
What you cannot take in your hand baggage
You cannot take any objects in your hand baggage that can cause
injury to yourself and other passengers. These are considered
‘prohibited' and you are only allowed to take these items in your hold
baggage (bags you check in). Prohibited items are also not allowed
in the shopping areas of the airport (sometimes called 'airside'), or
in the cabin of the plane at any time. If you have any questions
about what you can or can't take with you, please contact your airline
or airport directly.
Pointed/edged weapons and sharp objects The
following is not allowed in your hand baggage. Including but not
limited to: - axes and hatchets
- arrows and darts
- crampons
- harpoons and spears
- ice axes and ice picks
- ice skates
- lockable or flick knives with blades of any length
- knives, including ceremonial knives, 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 and swordsticks
- scalpels
- scissors with blades more than 3cm in length
- ski and walking/hiking poles
- throwing stars
- tradesman's tools that have the potential to be used as a
pointed or edged weapons, including drills and drill bits, box cutters,
utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, pliers,
wrenches/spanners, blow torches
Blunt instruments
Including but not
limited to:
- baseball and softball bats
- clubs or batons - rigid or flexible – including Billy clubs,
blackjacks, night sticks and batons
- cricket bats
- golf clubs
- hockey sticks
- lacrosse sticks
- kayak and canoe paddles
- skateboards
- billiard, snooker and pool cues
- fishing rods
- martial arts equipment such as knuckle dusters, clubs, coshes,
rice flails, num chucks, kubatons, kubasaunts
What cannot be taken on a planeThe following items
are considered dangerous and cannot under any circumstances be taken in
your hand or hold baggage.
Guns, firearms and weapons Any object
capable of being a weapon, discharging a projectile or causing injury is
prohibited and cannot be taken in either your hold or hand baggage. In a
few cases, however, some of the items on this list may be allowed in
your hold baggage. You will first need to make special arrangements with
your airline. Please contact them if you have any questions. Items
include but are not limited to: - all firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns)
- replica and imitation firearms
- component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sighting
devices and 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 and spear guns
- animal humane killers
- stun or shocking devices such as cattle prods and ballistic
conducted energy weapons (taser)
- lighters shaped like a firearm
Explosives
and flammable substances
Substances that pose a risk
to the health of passengers and crew are prohibited and cannot be taken
in your hand or hold baggage. These include but are not limited
to: - explosives and explosive devices including detonators, fuses,
grenades, mines
- blasting caps
- detonators and fuses
- explosives and explosive devices
- replica or imitation explosive material or devices
- mines and other explosive military stores
- grenades of all types
- gas and gas containers such as butane, propane, acetylene and
oxygen in large volumes
- fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics, including
party poppers and toy caps
- non-safety matches
- smoke generating canisters or cartridges
- flammable liquids and fuels, such as petrol/gasoline, diesel,
lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol and methanol
- flammable solids and reactive substances, including magnesium,
firelighters, fireworks, flares
- aerosol spray paint
- turpentine and paint thinner
- alcoholic beverages exceeding 70 percent by volume (140 percent
proof)
Chemical and toxic substances
Chemical
that pose a risk to the health of passengers and crew are prohibited
and cannot be taken in either your hold or hand
baggage.
They include but are not
limited to: - oxidizers and organic peroxides, including bleach and car body
repair kits
- acids and alkalis such as spillable 'wet' batteries
- corrosives or bleaching substances including mercury and
chlorine
- vehicle batteries and vehicle fuel systems
- disabling or incapacitating sprays including mace, pepper spray,
tear gas
- radioactive material, including medicinal or commercial isotopes
- poisons and toxic substances, including rat poison
- infectious substances or biological hazardous material such as
infected blood, bacteria and viruses
- material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion
- fire extinguishers
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