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A Guide to the European Union
Frequently Asked Questions
EU-WIDE LIST OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT
Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into the security restricted area and the cabin of an aircraft:
a) Guns, Firearms & 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 & 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
- Harpoon & Spear Guns
- Animal Humane Killers
- Stun or shocking devices e.g cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons(taser)
- Lighters shaped like a firearm.
b) Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects
- pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including:
- Axes & hatchets
- Arrows & darts
- Crampons
- Harpoons & spears
- Ice axes & 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 ofmetal 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 bladesenclosed in cartridge)
- Sabres, Swords & 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, night sticks 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 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 & fuses
- Explosives and explosive devices
- Replica or imitation explosive material or devices
- Mines & other explosive military stores
- Grenades of all types
- Gas & gas containers e.g. Butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen in large volume.
- Fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics (including party poppers andtoy caps)
- Non safety matches
- Smoke generating canisters or cartridges
- Flammable liquid fuel e.g.
- Petrol / gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol.
- Aerosol spray paint
- Turpentine & paint thinner
- Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof)
e) Chemical and Toxic substances
any chemical or toxic substances 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
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
- Radioactive material, including Medicinal or commercial isotopes
- Corrosives, including Mercury, vehicle batteries
- Vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel
this page updated
January 21, 2008
Please also see (Frequently Asked Questions Europa website)
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