PROHIBITED ITEMS IN HAND BAGGAGE
Passengers are NOT allowed to carry the following articles into security restricted areas and on board an aircraft:
1. Guns, firearms, and other devices that discharge projectiles — devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury by discharging a projectile, including:
- Firearms of all types, such as: pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns
- Toy guns, replicas, and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons
- Component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights
- Compressed air and CO 2 guns, such as: pistols, pellet guns, rifles, and ball bearing guns
- Signal flare pistols and starter pistols
- Bows, cross bows, and arrows
- Harpoon guns and spear guns
- Slingshots and catapults
2. Stunning devices — devices designed specifically to stun or immobilise, including:
- Devices for shocking, such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons
- Animal stunners and animal killers
- Disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases, and sprays, such as: mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays
3. Objects with a sharp point or sharp edge capable of being used to cause serious injury, including:
- Items designed for chopping, such as: axes, hatchets, and cleavers
- Ice axes and ice picks
- Razor blades
- Box cutters
- Knives with blades of more than 6 cm
- Scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum
- Martial arts equipment with a sharp point or sharp edge
- Swords and sabres
4. Workmen's tools capable of being used either to cause serious injury or to threaten the safety of aircraft, including:
- Crowbars
- Drills and drill bits, including cordless portable power drills
- Tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cm capable of use as a weapon, such as screwdrivers and chisels
- Saws, including cordless portable power saws
- Blowtorches
- Bolt guns and nail guns
5. Blunt instruments — objects capable of being used to cause serious injury when used to hit, including:
- Baseball and softball bats
- Clubs and batons, such as billy clubs, blackjacks, and night sticks
- Martial arts equipment
6. Explosives and incendiary substances and devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury or to pose a threat to the safety of aircraft, including:
- Ammunition
- Blasting caps
- Detonators and fuses
- Replica or imitation explosive devices
- Mines, grenades, and other explosive military stores
- Fireworks and other pyrotechnics
- Smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges
- Dynamite, gunpowder, and plastic explosives
This list is not exhaustive and is subject to change and additions as specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) "Technical Instructions for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air", the International Air Carrier Association (IATA), Animawings internal regulations, as well as those prohibited by legislation, rules, or orders in force of the States of transit and/or destination.
