The following items that are banned for carriage on person/hand baggage on board flights operating from civil airports in India; and Indian Registered aircrafts from foreign airports :
Personal Items
- Lighters
- Scissors-metal with pointed tips
- Realistic replica of toy weapon
Sharp Objects
- Box Cutter
- Ice Axes/ Ice Picks
- Knives (any length and type except round-bladed, butter, and plastic cutlery)
- Meat Cleavers
- Razor-Type Blades such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors
- Sabers
- Sword
- Scissors – metal with pointed tips
Sporting Goods
- Baseball Bats
- Bows and Arrows
- Cricket Bats
- Golf Clubs
- Hockey Sticks
- Lacrosse Sticks
- Pool Cues
- Ski Poles
- Spear Guns
Guns and Firearms
- Ammunition
- BB guns
- Compressed Air Guns
- Firearms
- Flare Guns
- Gun Lighters
- Gun Powder
- Parts of Guns and Firearms
- Pellet Guns
- Realistic Replicas of Firearms
- Starter pistols
Tools
- Axes and hatchets
- Cattle Prods
- Crowbars
- Hammers
- Drills (including cordless
- portables power drills)
- Saws (including cordless portable power saws)
- Screwdrivers (except those in eyeglass repair kits)
- Tools (including but not limited to wrenches and pliers)
- Wrenches and Pliers
Martial Arts / Self Defense Items
- Billy Clubs
- Black Jacks
- Brass Knuckles
- Kubatons
- Mace/ Pepper Spray
- Martial Arts Weapons
- Night Sticks
- Nunchakus
- Martial Arts/ Self Defense Items
- Stun Guns/ Shocking Devices
- Throwing Stars
Explosive Materials
- Blasting Caps
- Dynamite
- Fireworks
- Flares (in any form)
- Hand Grenades
- Plastic Explosives
- Realistic Replicas of Explosives
Flammable items
- Liquid/Aerosol/Gel/Paste or items of similar consistency (Allowed separately, in small quantities required for the duration of journey, in one clear transparent re-sealable one liter size plastic bag. Each item should, however, not exceed 100 ml in quantity).
- Exception : Medicine/inhaler accompanied by prescription and baby food.
Fuels (Including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel) - Gasoline
- Gas Torches
- Lighter Fluid
- Strike-anywhere Matches
- Turpentine and paint Thinner
- Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries
Disabling Chemicals and other Dangerous Items
- Chlorine for Pools and Spas
Compressed Gas Cylinders (including fire extinguishers) - Liquid Bleach
Spillable Batteries (except those in wheelchairs) - Spray Paint
Tear Gas
Note : The above mentioned are only indicative lists of items. Commonsense, however, shall prevail in assessing whether an object can be used as a weapon for committing any act of unlawful interference with civil aviation operations.