Hazardous Substances Prohibited from Carriage on Aircraft

For security reasons the following substances are prohibited from carriage in passenger and cabin baggage.

• Alarmed briefcases and security type attaché cases, items containing lithium batteries and/or pyrotechnic material,
• Explosives, ammunition, fireworks and flares,
• Flammable, non-flammable, deep-frozen or poisonous gases including camping gas and aerosols,
• Flammable substances such as paints, lighter fluid, and thinner,
• Matches, flammable solids easily or spontaneously combustible or that are liable to combust when in contact with water,
• Oxidizing substances (such as bleaching agents and peroxide),
• Poisonous (toxic) and contagious substances,
• Radioactive substances,
• Corrosives (such as thermometers containing mercury, acid and fluid batteries),
• Equipment liable to cause injury, disabling chemical spray substances, substances causing irritation or incapacitation such as pepper spray,
• Magnetic substances,
• Medical oxygen tubes.

Warning for USA Travellers:

• By a ruling of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), passengers traveling on USA-bound flights are strictly prohibited from carrying torch lighters in their cabin baggage or on their person.

For information on carrying liquids in cabin baggage click here.