The Airports Authority of India recently published guidelines about the kind of things passengers can carry in their baggage and a list of banned items too. However, the truth is that no one really goes through these guidelines before packing some of the banned items in their baggage.
If such banned items are detected in the baggage, the passengers can be restricted from boarding planes. Here is a list of items that shouldn’t be carried in your airplane baggage.
Individual items
Lighters
Scissors, sharp metal objects
Realistic copies of toy weapons
Sharp objects
Box cutters
Ice axes/ ice picks
Knives (except round-bladed, butter knife or plastic cutlery)
Meat cleavers
Utility knives, empty razor cartridges, razor blades (except safety razors)
Sabers
Swords
Box cutters
Ice axes/ ice picks
Knives (except round-bladed, butter knife or plastic cutlery)
Meat cleavers
Utility knives, empty razor cartridges, razor blades (except safety razors)
Sabers
Sports items
Baseball bats
Bow and arrow
Cricket bats
Golf clubs
Hockey sticks
Lacrosse sticks
Pool cues
Ski poles
Spear guns
Weapons and guns
Gun powder
BB gun
Compressed air gun
Pistols
Flare guns
Gun lighters
Parts of guns and other weapons
Pellet guns
Realistic copies of guns
Starter pistols
Tools
Axe
Cattle prods
Crowbars
Hammers
Drills (including cordless power drills)
Saw ( including cordless power saw)
Screwdrivers (except spectacle repair kits)
Tools (including ranges and pliers)
Ranges and pliers
Weapons and self-defense items
Billi clubs
Blackjacks
Brass knuckles
Kubaton
Pepper spray
Weapons of martial arts
Night sticks
Nunchakus
Martial arts weapons/ self defence weapons
Stun guns/ shocking devices
Explosives
Blasting caps
Dynamite
Fireworks items
Hand grenades
Plastic explosives
Realistic copies of explosives
Inflammable items
Liquid aerosols/ gel/ paste would be allowed as per special guidelines. Each item shouldn’t be more than 100 ml. Prescription medicines/ inhalers and baby food have been avoided from this list. However, these should be stored in transparent plastic bags.
Fuels (including cooking fuel and inflammable fuel)
Gasoline
Gas torches
Lighter fluids
Turpentine, paint thinner
Realistic copies of explosives
Chemicals and other dangerous items
Chlorine for spas and pools
Compressed gas cylinders (including firefighting devices)
Liquid bleach
Spillable battery (except for the ones used in wheelchairs)
Spray paint
Tear gas
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