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Prohibited baggage

1. What items are forbidden to carry in checked baggage?

  • Ammunition;
  • Explosive capsule;
  • Detonators and fuses (detonating cords);
  • Mines, grenades and other explosive military devices;
  • Fireworks, flares and other pyrotechnics;
  • Smoke generating canisters or cartridges;
  • Dynamite, gunpowder and any other explosives and explosive devices.

It is also prohibited to carry:

  • Radioactive and strongly magnetised materials;
  • Poisonous and infectious substances;
  • Items the carriage of which is banned by the government, regulations or laws issued by the  countries or states of departure / destination;
  • Objects that because of their size and / or weight cannot be loaded on a passenger aircraft;
  • Perishable foods, which may damage other persons’ luggage.

 

2. What items are forbidden to carry in hand luggage?

A list of items forbidden to carry in the passenger cabin is provided below.

Firearms, non-firing weapons – any objects that may shoot or cause injuries:

 

Firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.);

  • Firearms replicas and imitation;
  • Parts of firearms (except sighting devices and sights);
  • Air pistols and air rifles;
  • Signal pistols;
  • Starting gun;
  • Toy guns of all types;
  • Pneumatic ball-cartridge loaded firearms;
  • Industrial bolt and nail guns;
  • Crossbows;
  • Irons;
  • Harpoon guns;
  • Humane animal extermination devices;
  • Intoxicating or percussive devices (e.g. cattle prods, electric ballast devices)
  • Lighters shaped like a firearm;

Pointed and edged weapons and sharp objects - sharp and bladed objects that may cause injures:

  • 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);
  • Sabres, swords and sticks with a hidden blade;
  • Scalpels;
  • Scissors with a blade of more than 6 cm;
  • Ski and walking sticks;
  • Propellants stars;
  • Craft tools that can be used as a pointed or edged weapon (e.g.,
  • drills and drill bits, box cutters, saws of all types, screwdrivers, crowbars,
  • hammers, pliers, wrenches, soldering irons).

Blunt instruments - any blunt instrument that may be used to cause injuries:

  • Baseball and softball bats;
  • Clubs or batons - rigid or flexible (e.g., truncheons, bludgeons, sticks and telescopic sticks);
  • Cricket bats;
  • Golf clubs;
  • Hockey sticks;
  • Lacrosse sticks;
  • Kayak and canoe paddles;
  • Skateboards;
  • Billiard, snooker and pool sticks;
  • Fishing rods;
  • Martial arts equipment (e.g., knuckle-dusters, bludgeons, blackjacks, nunchaku, kubatons (fighting sticks) kubasaunts).

Explosives and flammable substances - any explosive or highly combustible substances which pose a threat to the health of passengers or crew or the security and safety of the aircraft or property:

  • Ammunition;
  • Explosive capsule;
  • Detonators and fuses (detonating cords);
  • Explosives and explosive devices;
  • Replicas or imitation of explosive substances or devices;
  • Mines and other explosive military devices;
  • Grenades of all types;
  • Gas and gas containers (e.g. butane, propane, oxygen) in large quantities;
  • Fireworks in any form, flares and other pyrotechnics (including confetti cannons, toy gun caps);
  • Safety matches;
  • Smoke generating canisters or cartridges;
  • Flammable liquid (e.g. petrol, alcohol, fuel torches);
  • Aerosol spray paint;
  • Turpentine and paint thinners;
  • Alcoholic beverages stronger than 70% by volume.

Chemical and toxic substances - any chemical or toxic substances which pose a threat to the health of passengers or crew or the security and safety of the aircraft or property:

  • Acids and alkalis (e.g. batteries filled with liquid electrolyte);
  • Corrosive or bleaching substances (e.g. mercury, chlorine);
  • Neutralizing or paralyzing gas injection (e.g. pepper, tear);
  • Radioactive substances (e.g. medical or commercial isotopes);
  • Poisons;
  • Infectious or biohazardous substances (e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses);
  • Spontaneously combustible material;
  • Fire extinguishers.