The
airport alerted departing Hajj pilgrims not to carry any of these dangerous and
prohibited items in their baggage. Out of these, 16 items are prohibited from
being carried in the flight cabins. These materials include knives, compressed
gases, toxic liquids, blades, baseball bats, skateboards, explosives or
crackers.
Prohibited items include firearms, magnetic materials, radioactive or corrosive materials, equipment, nail clippers, shears, meat cleavers, and ammunition.
The list of dangerous materials that are prohibited from being transported in all baggage included 14 items, such as oxidants, organic peroxides, radioactive materials, electric shock devices, disabling devices, automatic skateboards, liquid oxygen devices, in addition to toxic or biological materials that transmit infection, matches, lighters and flammable liquids.
Among the prohibited materials are compressed gases, explosives or crackers, firearms and imitation weapons, magnetic materials, and corrosive materials.
The airport authorities stressed that these 30 prohibited items will be confiscated and passengers will have no right to claim these. The passengers have been advised to contact their respective airlines for more details.
