Restricted Handluggage items
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a. Guns, firearms and weapons
- Any object capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, including: All firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, etc.);
- Replica and imitation firearms;
- Component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sighting devices & sights);
- Air pistols, air rifles and pellet guns;
- Signal flare pistols;
- Starter pistols;
- Toy guns of all types;
- Ball bearing guns;
- Industrial bolt and nail guns;
- Crossbows;
- Catapults;
- Harpoon and spear guns;
- Animal humane killers;
- Stun or shocking devices, e.g. cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy systems;
Lighters.
b. Pointed/edged weapons & sharp objects
Pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including:
- 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, 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 cartridges);
- Sabers, swords and 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.
c. 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, 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.
d. Explosives and flammable substances
Any explosive or highly combustible substance 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;
- Replica or imitation explosive material or devices;
- Mines and other explosive military devices;
- Grenades of all types;
- Gas and gas containers, e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen in large volume;
- Fireworks or flares in any form (including party poppers and toy caps);
- Non-safety matches;
- Smoke-generating canisters or cartridges;
- Flammable liquid fuel, e.g. gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol;
- Aerosol spray paint;
- Turpentine and paint thinner;
- Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof).
e. Chemical and toxic substances
Any chemical or toxic substance 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.