Prohibited Articles List
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 carbon dioxide 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.
Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles in their hold baggage:
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.