Dangerous goods

  • Briefcases with built-in alarm devices
  • Explosives, fireworks, flares
  • Pressurized containers containing gases, e.g. irritant gases, self-defence sprays, camping gas
  • Containers with flammable liquids such as lighter fuel, paint, varnish, cleaning agents
  • Highly flammable items, e.g. matches
  • Substances that emit flammable gases upon contact with water
  • Oxidizing substances, e.g. bleaching powder, peroxides
  • Poisonous (toxic) and infectious substances, e.g. quicksilver, bacteria and virus cultures
  • Radioactive materials and items
  • Corrosive substances, e.g. acids, alkalis, wet cell batteries
  • Strongly magnetic materials
  • Petrol-operated equipment and tools that have contained minimal amounts of petrol (e.g. for test purposes)
  • Lighters: carriage of the following is forbidden:
    • All lighters in checked-in baggage
    • Lighters filled with unabsorbed fuel
    • Gas and storm lighters
    • ‘Blue flame’ butane gas lighters and cigar lighters
    • Lighter fuel
    • Refill cartridges