Dangerous Goods

EU 2015/1998

4.4.1 – Passengers shall not be permitted to carry into security restricted areas or on board an aircraft the articles listed in Attachment 4-C.

4.4.3 – The air carrier shall ensure that passengers are informed of the prohibited articles listed in Attachment 4-C before check-in is completed.

Attachment 4-C: List of prohibited articles

Without prejudice to applicable safety rules, passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into security restricted areas and on board an aircraft:

a. 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 and shotguns;
• Toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons;
• Component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights;
• Compressed air and CO2 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.

b. 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.

c. Objects with a sharp point or sharp edge – 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 6cm;
• Scissors with blades of more than 6cm as measured from the fulcrum;
• Martial arts equipment with a sharp point or sharp edge;
• Swords and sabres.

d. Workmen’s tools – 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 6cm capable of use as a weapon, such as screwdrivers and chisels;
• Saws, including cordless portable power saws;
• Blowtorches;
• Bolt guns and nail guns.

e. 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.

f. Explosives and incendiary substances and devices – 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.

Attachment 5-B: List of prohibited articles

Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles in their hold baggage:

Explosives and incendiary substances and devices – explosives and incendiary substances and devices 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;
• Mines, grenades and other explosive military stores;
• Fireworks and other pyrotechnics;
• Smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges;
• Dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives.