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Prohibited items

PASSENGERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO CARRY THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES INTO THE SECURITY RESTRICTED AREA OF THE AIRPORT AND THE CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT:

1. Guns, firearms and weapons …. Any object capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury:

  • All firearms and their component parts (excluding telescopic sighting devices and sights);
  • Replica and imitation firearms;
  • Industrial bolt and nail guns;
  • Stun or shocking devices, e.g. cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons /tasers/ etc.
  • toy guns of all types

2. Pointed/ edged weapons and sharp objects , which can be used as weapons for attack or self-defence, capable of causing injury, including:

  • Axes, harpoons, ice picks, ski poles, etc.
  • Scissors with pointed blades and more than 6 cm in length, knives of all kinds including open razors and blades /excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartdrige/
  • Tradesman's tools that have the potential to be used as a weapon e.g. scalpels, screwdrivers, drills, pliers, cutters, etc.

3. Blunt instruments – any blunt instrument capable of causing injury, including:

  • All kinds of clubs and batons; kayak and canoe paddles; skateboards, etc.
  • Martial arts equipment e.g. rice flails, coshes, kubatons, etc.

4. Explosives, explosive devices /their component parts/ 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 and fuses, explosives and explosive devices, etc.
  • Mines, grenades, fireworks, other pyrotechnics, smoke generating canisters and cartridges, sparklers, etc.
  • Gas and gas containers – butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen – in large volume
  • Flammable liquid fuel /including lighter fluid/, aerosol spray paint, paint thinners, etc.
  • Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume.

5. 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, corrosive or bleaching substances, etc.
  • Disabling or incapacitating sprays - mace, pepper spray, tear gas, etc.
  • Poisons, infectious or biological hazardous material – infected blood, bacteria, viruses, etc.
  • Radioactive material;
  • Material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion.

The following articles shall not be placed in hold baggage:

  • Explosives, explosive devices and their component parts, grenades, etc.;
  • Gases: propane, butane, acetylene, etc.;
  • Flammable liquids: gasoline, methanol, paint thinners, etc.
  • Flammable solids and reactive substances: magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares ,etc.;
  • Oxidizers and organic peroxides: bleach, car body repair kits, etc.
  • Toxic or infectious substances: rat poison, infected blood, etc.
  • Radioactive material: including medicinal or commercial isotopes;
  • Corrosives; mercury, vehicle batteries, etc.
  • Vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel.