Category "prohibited-items"

Can I put nail clipper, tweezer and razors in Emirates hold luggage?

Travelling with Emirates airline, can I keep a nail clipper which has a small knife built into it, tweezer or razors in my hold baggage, not in a carry-on bag?

Flight safety and liquid chemicals: 95% alcohol and formol

I am going to take a flight for some "working holidays". I'm expected to carry some alcohol (95%) and formol in order to do some field work at my destination. I

Can I carry pellets for my airgun with me on a South African Airways flight?

I am planning to travel to Zimbabwe from Australia on South African Airways. Can I carry a vintage Hawke scope (telescope) and pellets for a pellet gun?

Can I carry my makeup like kajal eyeliner hair serum on my check in bags?

Can I carry my makeup like kajal eyeliner hair serum on my check in bags? Kolkata to Chennai flight

May I take maté (dried form) on an aircraft and may I drink some while on board?

I'm from Argentina, and I'm not sure if one can board a commercial flight with mate ("tea"). It's a beverage you prepare by filling a recipient with the dried g

Carrying mustard oil in checked luggage into Germany

So I consume mustard oil a lot and this is very costly in Germany. I purchased a 5 liter (1.32 Gallon) bottle and put it in my checked baggage (the one that goe

Can I travel with injections that need to be kept cool on a Swiss International Air Lines flight?

I'm an Indian citizen travelling to Dublin, Ireland from New Delhi, India via Zurich, Switzerland. I will be starting work in Ireland. I have to carry injection

Is travel to Europe allowed with a new portable oxygen concentrator in hand luggage?

I am planning to take a new portable oxygen Inogen 3 to my father in Romania. Can I carry it in my hand luggage on the plane?

Can I carry regulated medicine if my flight transits through a country where it's illegal?

I have a hypothetical question. Suppose someone is flying from a country where a medicine, such as Codeine, is perfectly legal, to a country where Codeine is al

Is an empty "Copper vessel" allowed in baggage on Indian domestic flights?

We have (four members) planned travel to Varanasi (Coimbatore - Hyderabad - Varanasi by SpiceJet) for the purpose of getting the Ganga water to a spiritual func

What happens when a prohibited item is found in checked-in luggage in India?

Unlike US, India does not have the concept of locks which can be opened by security (TSA locks) but most major airports scan baggage after check-in (i.e. in the

Can I carry spare Lithium-Ion batteries with me on Lufthansa?

I am travelling from the US to India on Lufthansa. I have five spare Lithium-ion batteries, each 850mAh. Can I bring them back safely?

Will I be able to purchase an Arafat T-shirt in Palestine/Israel?

I will be visiting Israel and Palestine next month. Among the places I plan to visit are Bethlehem and Arafat's tomb in Ramallah. I plan to wear a T-shirt with

Esbit tablet in planes

For my camp stove, I usually use Esbit Tablets (solid fuel) when I go backpacking into the wild. Now I want to fly from Germany (Duesseldorf) to Scotland (Glasg

Can a person be arrested/detained if a prohibited item is found in the carry-on luggage while transiting?

Recently, while returning from St Petersburg to New Delhi via Almaty in Kazakhstan, our family had a rather bizarre experience. Before querying anything, I woul

Can I carry spices on a US domestic flight?

I will be traveling to Portland from Florida next week. I want to take a jar or two of mixed, powdered spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves. I will be travel

Can I carry toothpaste in my hand luggage?

I have 2 tubes of medicinal toothpaste that I have to take on a flight and I only have hand luggage. They're in standard sized tubes. The box says 51g, which a

Which airports/airlines forbid drones as carry-on in Europe? [closed]

Which airports or airlines forbid carrying consumer drones in the carry-on luggage within the EU? Budapest airport is one of them, and I woul

Would an object between 7.5 inched to 8 inches be prohibited as carry on?

I have a Karma Grip for my GoPro and it will be the first time I'm traveling with that in my bag. I usually remove it's head so it would fit better in my bag an

Can I take a sex item in checked luggage? [closed]

Does the luggage scanner detect the outlines of an automatic sex machine? Is it okay to take it with me to a country such as Egypt?