Apart from the weight of the suitcase that you will send to the hold of the plane, you must know what items are allowed in this type of luggage.
Before embarking on a trip by plane, it is good to know the rules that must be followed to avoid going through bad times or delays. While it is true that already during the purchase of the same ticket, the user can choose the type of luggage that he is going to carry and its weight, there are even other basic aspects that are necessary to know. For example, about what type of items can be carried in checked / hold luggage.
Tagsa, the company that is in charge of the administration and operation of the José Joaquín de Olmedo de Guayaquil international airport, details that for security reasons, the following items are prohibited in the hold of an aircraft:
- Ammunition
- Brilliant
- Detonators
- highlights
- Mines
- Grenades
- Explosive military items
- Pyrotechnic materials
- Fireworks
- Cartridges
- Dynamite
- Gunpowder and plastic explosives
- Chemical and toxic substances
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As regards checked baggage, the following are prohibited:
- Samsung Galaxy Note7 Mobile Phones
- Electric skateboards marketed as: airwheel, solowheel, hoverboard, mini-segway, balance wheel, etc.
- Electro-shock weapons (Tasers) containing dangerous goods such as explosives, compressed gases, lithium batteries, etc. they are prohibited inside hand luggage, checked or on the person.
- Security briefcases, safes, money bags, etc. that incorporate dangerous goods such as lithium batteries, and / or pyrotechnic material.
- Luggage with lithium batteries, non-removable batteries exceeding 0.3 g of lithium metal or 2.7 Wh.
- Gaseous air or oxygen cylinders, required for medical purposes. The regulation allows the transport of cylinders, but these must not exceed 5 kg (11 lb) gross each.
- Pepper spray supplies
- Spare / loose lithium batteries, including lithium batteries, non-spillable batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries and dry batteries for portable electronic devices to be carried only in carry-on luggage.
- Electronic cigarettes (includes e-cigars, e-pipes, other personal vaporizers) that contain batteries that must be individually protected to prevent inadvertent activation.
- Safety matches or a small lighter, not containing unabsorbed liquid fuel, other than liquefied gas, to be carried in passenger pockets.
- Fuel cells to power portable electronic devices (cameras, mobile phones, computers, etc.)
- Mercury thermometer or barometer carried by a representative of a government meteorological office or other official agency.
- Mobility aids: wheelchairs or other similar devices powered by lithium ion batteries, which are specially designed to be removed, must be carried in the passenger cabin.
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