Passengers are not allowed to carry the following articles to restricted areas and to the cabin of
aircrafts:
a) Guns, Firearms and 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 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 and slingshots. Harpoon and spear guns. Animal humane killers. Stun or
shocking devices, such as cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons (taser). Lighters
shaped like a firearm.
b) Pointed/edged Weapons and Sharp Objects.
Pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including:
Axes and hatchets, arrows and darts. Crampons (article used for walking on ice in mountain
climbing, that is stuck to the shoe or boot). Harpoons and spears used in underwater fishing. Ice
axes and ice picks used in mountain climbing. 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 and swordsticks. Scalpels. Scissors with blades more than 6 cm in length. Skis
and walking/hiking poles. Throwing stars used in martial arts. Tradesman's tools that have the
potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon, such as1 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, such as Billy clubs, blackjacks,
nightsticks and baton. 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.
d) 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 and fuses. Explosive and explosive devices. Replica or
imitation explosive material or device. Mines and other explosive military stores. Grenades of all
types. Gas and gas containers, such as 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, such as petrol /
gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol. Aerosol spray paint. Turpentine and paint thinner.
Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof).
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.