The European Union has compiled lists of objects which may not be included in hand and/or hold luggage.
The following objects are not allowed, neither as hand luggage nor as hold luggage:
- Explosives, such as detonators, fuses, granades, mines and eplosive devices
- Gases: propane, butane
- Flammable liquids, such as petrol, methanol
- Flammable solids and reactive solids such as magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares
- Oxidation agents and organic peroxides such as bleach, chassis repair kits
- Toxic or contagious substances such as rat poison, contaminated blood
- Radioactive material such as medical or commercial isotopes
- Corrosive materials such as mercury, vehicle batteries
- Components of vehicle fuel systems which have contained fuel
- Segways, hoverboards, airbords, oxboards, E-skates, waveboards and U-runners
The following objects are not allowed as hand luggage:
a. Firearms and guns
Any article capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, such as:
- All firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, etc.)
- Replica and imitation firearms
- Components of firearms (with the exception of telescopic viewers and sights)
- Air pistols, air rifles and shotguns
- Flare guns
- Starter guns
- All types of toy firearms
- Ball bearing guns
- Industrial bolt and nail guns
- Crossbows
- Catapults
- Harpoons and spear guns
- Animal humane killers
- Stun or shocking devices, e.g. cattle prods, ballistic energy conducted weapons
- Lighters shaped like a firearm
b. Pointed / sharp weapons & sharp objects
Articles with points or sharp edges which can cause injury, such as:
- Axes and hatchets
- Arrows and darts
- Crampons
- Harpoons and spears
- Ice axes and ice picks
- Ice skates
- Flick knives or stilettos with a blade of any length
- Knives, including ceremonial knives, with a blade longer than 6 cm, made from metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a weapon
- Meat cleavers
- Machetes
- Open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge)
- Sables, swords and daggers
- Scalpels
- Scissors with blades longer than 6 cm
- Ski and walking poles
- Throwing stars
- Tools that can be used as a pointed or cutting weapon, e.g. drills and drill bits
- Stanley knives, tool lives, all types of saws, screwdrivers, crowbars
- Hammers, pliers, wrenches and spammers, blow torches
c. Blunt objects
Any blunt object which can cause injury, such as:
- Baseball bats and softball bats
- Rigid or flexible clubs or batons, e.g. billy clubs, blackjacks, truncheons
- 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. knuckledusters, 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 safety of the aircraft or property, such as:
- Ammunition
- Blasting caps
- Detonators and fuses
- Explosives and explosive devices
- Replica or imitation explosives and explosive devices
- Mines and other explosive military material
- Grenades of all types
- Gas and gas containers, e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, large volumes of oxygen.
- Fireworks and flares in any form (including party poppers and caps for toy guns)
- Non-safety matches
- Smoke grenades or smoke cartridges
- Flammable liquid fuel, e.g. petrol, diesel, lighter fuel, alcohol, ethanol
- Aerosol spray paints
- Turpentine and paint thinner
- Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% 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 safety of the aircraft or property, such as:
- Acids and alkalis, e.g. wet batteries
- Corrosive or bleaching substances, e.g. mercury, chlorine
- Incapacitating substances in spray cans, e.g. mace, pepper spray, teargas
- Radioactive material such as medical 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