Baggage Items Allowed and Prohibited on a Flight: Local and International

I’ve decided to post this because I’ve been searching for information on what items allowed to bring inside the baggage when you’re on flight. I’m planning for my trip back again in Cebu (or perhaps Manila) in a few months. I’ve been curious about this because I had experienced being taken hold off due to some things found in my carry-ons like scissors, pens, my reserved Asthma rescue inhaler, and in one instance, some quantities of rice stalk or “Kalamay” from Bohol as pasalubong. 

The security advised me take out those things and transfer them to my checked bags. I wonder why those things are not allowed, particularly the “Kalamay.” Perhaps the terminal security thought I might be eating the Kalamay inside the plane, and would rather choose not to order food inside the plane because I already had my “Kalamay” to mess my mouth with. Hehe. But no. Airlines are strict about this regulation for understandable reasons. Here are some things that I’ve found out and realized why there are things that are allowed on a flight and there are those that are not. 

Here are the some of the airline restrictions about baggage items. Banned Items in Local and International Flight: 

1. Flammable items like: gasoline, lighter fluid, matches that are strike-anywhere (are never allowed inside checked bags, only safety matches allowed in your pocket or carry-ons), gas torch, liquid fuel, paint, paint thinner, aerosols, turpentine, spray paint, torch lighters, tear gas, etc.. 

2. Explosive Materials: dynamite, gunpowder, firecrackers and fireworks, flares, blasting caps, grenades, fake flammable devices, and fake plastic explosives. 

3. Poison, Oxidizers and Peroxides like Acid, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, Chemicals, fertilizers, Fiberglass maintenance kits, cyanides, weed eradicators, arsenic, rodent poison. 

4. Contagious Materials: medical specimens, bacterial cultures, viral organisms. 

5. Corrosives, Magnetic and Radio Active Materials 

6. Tear gas, spray paint, torch lighters, pool or spa chlorine. All Items are allowed inside your carry-on bags and checked-in bags except for the items above. Things that you think that are not allowed inside the bags but areallowed by airline security are: Gels, Liquid, Pastes are allowed as long the volume is not more than 100 ml. 

Wonder why these are prohibited if brought a bulk of these items? It’s because of what happened in 2006, in which UK authorities revealed an alleged plan by terrorists to destroy 10 airlines using gel-based bombs. Since then, all airline companies prohibit gels, liquids, and pastes, only if they exceed the 100-ml. limit. 

Other items allowed inside your carry-ons and checked baggage: Common lighter, safety matches, solid food, pliers, screwdrivers and wrenches that are not longer than 18 cm. 

Allowed in Checked-In Baggage Only: Knives (except for rounded blade kitchen knives), swords, karate weapons, machetes, bats, box cutters, razors, ice picks, scissors (small scissors should be inside the cabin), pistols, rifles, bb guns, paintball guns, ammunition, dry ice ( not more than 4 pounds), etc..

Things You Must Not Put inside Checked Baggage Blank checkbooks, credit cards, cash, traveler’s checks, jewelry, gold, silver, expensive watches, cellphones, laptops, prescription medication, passports, driver’s license, I.D, and other very valuable and important items. The airline company can’t be held responsible for the lost and damage for these items. I still don’t know why the “Bohol Kalamays” are not permitted inside the cabin. Hehe. Maybe because they fall in the gel category. They might explode. Wahehe.:-) 

Article source: Airsafe-dot-com.