Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have issued a list of banned items for hand baggage and checked luggage at Dubai and Sharjah airports, advising travelers to familiarize themselves with the rules to avoid any inconvenience or issues.
According to Dubai Airports, the following good are not allowed to in carry-on luggage.
- Hammers
- Nails
- Screw drivers and sharp work tools
- Scissors with blades longer than 6cm
- Personal grooming kit (parts longer than 6cm will be confiscated)
- Swords and sharp objects
- Handcuffs
- Firearms
- Ammunition of flare guns
- Laser guns
- Walkie talkie
- Lighters. However, only one lighter on the person of the passenger is permitted.
- Bats
- Martial arts weapons
- Drills
- Ropes
- Measuring tapes
- Packing tapes
- Electrical cables, except for personal trip use
Restrictions for hand baggage in Dubai
- Avoid carrying liquids, unless it is absolutely necessary. According to Dubai Airports, an individual liquid container must not exceed 100ml.
- Passengers can carry a maximum of 10 containers, equivalent to one litre.
- If the passenger carries any medications, it must be accompanied by a doctor’s prescription.
- If the passenger has a metal medical device in their body, a doctor’s certificate must be presented to the authorities.
- Power banks can be carried, however they must not exceed an output of 100Wh. If above 100Wh and 160Wh, the device may be permitted, depending on airline regulations. However, it can not exceed 160Wh; power banks must also not be used during the flight.
Banned items in Sharjah
- According to Sharjah Airport, here is a list of items that are completely prohibited in both cabin and checked baggage:
- Bludgeons like billy clubs, baseball bats
- Flammable gas like gas cartridges, gas lighters
- Items that are dangerous when wet like calcium, calcium carbide, alkali earth metal alloy
- Flammable solids including matches, sulphur, metal catalyst etc
- Chemical and biological agents like sulphur, smallpox, hydrogen cyanide, viral haemorrhagic fever. Items that could pose a threat of a chemical/biological attack will be immediately notified to the airport operator, police, military or other relevant authority and isolated from public terminal areas
- Flammable liquids and corrosives such as gasoline, paint, wet batteries, printing ink, alcoholic beverages with high alcohol content, oil lighter etc.
- Firearms which mean any weapon from which a shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or fired, including starter and flare pistols.
- Knives with blades of 6cm or longer, along with knives considered illegal by UAE law, as well as sabres, swords, cardboard cutters, hunting knives, souvenir knives, and martial arts devices.
- Oxidizers such as sodium chlorate, bleach, ammonium nitrate fertiliser and others. However, oxidizers can be carried on cargo aircraft
- Non-flammable and non-toxic gases such as diving tanks, fire extinguishers, compressed oxygen and others
- Radioactive materials: These include various types of radionuclide. Category I White: Not more than 5µ Sv/h on external surface; Category II Yellow: More than 5µ Sv/h but not more than 500µ Sv/h on external surface; Category III Yellow: More than 500µ Sv/h but not more than 2 mSv/h on external surface.
- Toxic gas and substances, including carbon monoxide and ammonia solution. However, these are acceptable on cargo aircraft
- Infectious diseases such as bacteria, viruses, medical waste
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