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A list of dangerous substances and items, explosives, weapons, ammunition prohibited (permitted under the required conditions) for transportation on board the aircraft by crew members and passengers in checked baggage and belongings carried by passengers

A detailed list of hazardous substances and items prohibited for transportation on board aircraft by crew members and passengers is contained in the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Doc 9284 AN/905)

I. Dangerous substances and items, explosives, weapons, ammunition prohibited for transportation on board aircraft by crew members and passengers in checked baggage and belongings carried by passengers

1. Explosives, explosive materials and articles packed therewith, including:
   • gunpowder;
   • live ammunition (including small caliber ammunition);
   • ammunition for gas guns;
   • hunting primers (pistons);
   • pyrotechnic means: signal and flares, signal cartridges, planting bombs, smoke cartridges (checkers), bomber matches, Bengal lights, railroad firecrackers;
   • TNT, dynamite, Tol, ammonal;
   • detonator primers, electric detonators, electric igniters, detonating and flame cord.
2. Compressed and liquefied gases:
   • gases for domestic use, including butane-propane;
   • gas canisters filled with nerve and tear gas.
3. Flammable liquids:
   • acetone;
   • gasoline;
   • samples of flammable petroleum products;
   • methanol;
   • methyl acetate (methyl ester);
   • carbon sulfide;
   • esters;
   • ethylcellosol.
4. Liquids in containers with a capacity of more than 100 ml, including partially filled ones, when carried by passengers in checked baggage and passengers' belongings.
5. Flammable solids:
   • prone to spontaneous combustion;
   • emitting flammable gases when interacting with water:
   • potassium, sodium, metallic calcium and their alloys, calcium phosphate;
   • categorized as flammable solids, including white, yellow and red phosphorus.
6. Oxidizing agents and organic peroxides:
   • colloidal nitrocellulose (in granules or flakes, dry or wet, containing less than 25% water or solvent);
   • colloidal nitrocellulose (in lumps, wet, containing less than 25% alcohol);
   • dry or wet nitrocellulose containing less than 30% solvent or 20% water.
7. Toxic Substances.
8. Radioactive materials.
9. Corrosive and corrosive substances:
   • strong inorganic acids, including hydrochloric, sulfuric, and nitric acids;
   • strong acids, including hydrofluoric (hydrofluoric) acid and corrosive substances.
10. Poisonous and poisonous substances:
    • poisonous potent and poisonous substances in liquid or solid state, packed in any container;
    • brucine;
    • nicotine;
    • strychnine;
    • tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol;
    • antifreeze;
    • brake fluid;
    • ethylene glycol;
    • mercury except as specified in paragraphs 11, 12, 15 of this annex;
    • hydrocyanic acid salts and cyanide preparations;
    • cyclone, cyanol, arsenic anhydride.

II. Dangerous substances and objects, explosives, weapons, ammunition authorized for transportation on board aircraft by crew members and passengers in checked baggage and passengers' belongings under the required conditions

11. When carried in checked baggage in cargo, baggage compartments of an aircraft with isolated passenger access to baggage during the flight:
    • civilian, service, as well as combat hand-held small arms and cold weapons in accordance with the Federal Law of December 13, 1996 N 150-FZ "On Weapons" in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;
    • crossbows, rifles for underwater hunting, a checkers, sabers, cleavers, yatagans, swords, swords, bayonets, daggers, knives: hunting knives, knives with ejectable blades, with locking locks, imitators of any kind of weapon;
    • household knives (scissors) with a blade length of more than 60 mm;
    • alcoholic beverages containing more than 24% but not more than 70% alcohol by volume in containers with a capacity of not more than 5 liters, in containers intended for retail trade - not more than 5 liters per passenger;
    • liquids and alcoholic beverages with alcohol content by volume not exceeding 24%, packed in consumer containers bearing federal special alcoholic beverage stamps;
    • aerosols intended for use in sports or household purposes, the release valves of which are protected by caps against spontaneous release of the contents, in containers with a capacity of not more than 0.5 kg or 500 ml - not more than 2 kg or 2 liters per passenger;
    • medical thermometer containing mercury, in a standard case - one per passenger.
12. When carried in the belongings of passengers:
    • A mercury medical thermometer, mercury barometer or thermometer packaged in a strong outer package containing a sealed inner liner or bag of strong impermeable or puncture-resistant material impervious to mercury that prevents mercury from leaking out of the shipment regardless of its position;
    • dry ice for cooling perishable products - not more than 2.5 kg per passenger;
    • 3% hydrogen peroxide - no more than 100 ml per passenger;
    • non-hazardous liquids, gels and aerosols in containers with a capacity not exceeding 100 ml (or equivalent capacity in other units of volume measurement), packed in a closable transparent plastic bag with a volume not exceeding 1 liter - one bag per passenger, including:
    • medicines, special dietary products, baby food, including mother's milk, in the amount required for the duration of the flight;
    • medicines containing narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, in the presence of documents stipulated by international treaties of the Russian Federation, including acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) the legislation of the Russian Federation, confirming the prescription of the said medicines to the passenger, indicating their name and quantity, in the quantity required for the flight;
    • biological materials if the passenger has documents stipulated by international treaties of the Russian Federation, including acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) the legislation of the Russian Federation establishing the procedure for transportation of biological materials;
    • liquids purchased in duty-free stores at the air transport transport infrastructure facility or on board the aircraft and packed in a sealed (sealed) plastic bag that provides identification of access to the contents of the bag during the flight, on which there is a confirmation that this purchase was made in duty-free stores of the air transport infrastructure facility or on board the aircraft on the day (days) of the trip.
13. When carried by aircraft crew members - liquids, aerosols and gels in containers with a capacity of more than 100 ml.
14. When transporting on board an aircraft to employees of the Federal Courier Service, Intergovernmental Courier Bodies accompanying correspondence - combat hand-held small arms, ammunition and special means.
15. In the absence of a ban established by the subject of transport infrastructure, the operator in the case of a decision to introduce additional measures to ensure transport safety on high-risk flights:
    • corkscrews;
    • hypodermic needles (unless medical justification is provided);
    • knitting needles;
    • scissors with a blade length of less than 60 mm;
    • folding (without a lock) travel knives, penknives with a blade length of less than 60 mm;
    • medical thermometers containing mercury;
    • mercury barometers and thermometers.