I have just booked my first liveaboard in Egypt. I live in England and was wondering if there is any diving equiptment I'm not allowed to take in my hand luggage when flying apart from a dive knife obviously. Would regulators and stuff be ok or would it all have to go in my main suitcase?
Diving equipment in hand luggage
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I carry on my regulators, computers, camera setup, lights and few other odd and ends. I don't use a knife but that is one item you would need to check on. I check my shears and Trilobyte. I wouldn't try to carry on a full pony cylinder or a speargun either.
Be careful about anything that could possibly be used as a weapon. I made the mistake of carrying on a small bag I carry with some tools I bring along for emergency repairs. I know better--I just forgot where it was packed. I lost some good stuff. The guy who confiscated them said they had to be thrown away according to the rules, and they had a trash can with a trash can liner for that purpose. We watched as he walked over and very neatly slipped the tools under the trash can liner so he could retrieve them later.
Dr. Lecter
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A metal BP could easily be classed as a 'potential weapon', though I haven't had that happen yet and skateboards are routinely allowed as a carry on. If TSA/the UK version thereof was feeling creative, they could call your heavy metal first stage on a length of hose a weapon for its potential to serve as an excellent flail. And one could certainly strangle someone with harness webbing. I'll refrain from describing what kind of damage could be inflicted by a reg or battery cannister placed in a pair of socks or folded in a twisted towel or shirt.
There's no rhyme or reason to these petty tyrants' decisions, IMO, so don't carry on anything you're not comfortable either losing or missing the flight to keep.
There's no rhyme or reason to these petty tyrants' decisions, IMO, so don't carry on anything you're not comfortable either losing or missing the flight to keep.
kwinter
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Weight is always an issue with checked bags. Not as much with carry on here. So anything small but heavy goes carry on including regs, can lights, etc. anything prohibited like knives and spears gets checked. I have had a carry on that weighed over 70 pounds. I hoisted it in the overhead over someone else's seat just in case it collapsed.
As for some other items mentioned, pony or small RB cylinders have definitely gone as carry on rather than checked. I carry a copy of our TSA regulations to make certain there is no problem. And a backplate can be worn as a "personal item" and you can usually get away with explaining it is a medical brace for a back problem.
And if they have a problem with letting any of that stuff onto the plane, they will insist on the bag or backplate being gate checked. They take it at the end of the jetway and stow it with checked bags, but don't charge you.
I've gotten away with so much it's unbelievable. But I have no idea if that works for you.
As for some other items mentioned, pony or small RB cylinders have definitely gone as carry on rather than checked. I carry a copy of our TSA regulations to make certain there is no problem. And a backplate can be worn as a "personal item" and you can usually get away with explaining it is a medical brace for a back problem.
And if they have a problem with letting any of that stuff onto the plane, they will insist on the bag or backplate being gate checked. They take it at the end of the jetway and stow it with checked bags, but don't charge you.
I've gotten away with so much it's unbelievable. But I have no idea if that works for you.
fisheater
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Peter_C
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fisheater
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I carry-on my mask, computer, and regs. Agree with the other poster(s) that said regs would seem to be something that could be considered a weapon. I've never had any trouble other than with new agents that don't know what they are seeing either on the xray or when hand searching, and that hasn't happened in a couple of years.
I check everything else.
I check everything else.
Last time I flew to Egypt with EasyJet I took the following in hand luggage in a cabin sized wheelie.
2x Metal Ratchet Reels with Line (75m and 125m)
1x GreenForce Battery, Umbilical, Head and Charger
2x Hollis Backup Torches
1x AP CCR Rebreather Electronics (ie the 'head')
1x S/S Backplate (with harness)
2x PDC Computers
4x Regs
1x Laptop
1x iPad
1x GoPro
6x Boltsnaps
1x Wetnotes and Wristslates
1x Compass
+ Cables, phone, wallet etc etc
25.7kg if the scales were right...
The ONLY thing I was scared that would be looked at was the Reels and the 200m of line on them.. obviously all the alarms went off when it went through the X-Ray, but on explaining everything, what, why etc the security guy was helpful and apologetic as he could see I had packed it tight and had to repack it it after.
Torches...if in UK/EU say they are 'torches', if flying anywhere else, you say they are 'lamps'.
2x Metal Ratchet Reels with Line (75m and 125m)
1x GreenForce Battery, Umbilical, Head and Charger
2x Hollis Backup Torches
1x AP CCR Rebreather Electronics (ie the 'head')
1x S/S Backplate (with harness)
2x PDC Computers
4x Regs
1x Laptop
1x iPad
1x GoPro
6x Boltsnaps
1x Wetnotes and Wristslates
1x Compass
+ Cables, phone, wallet etc etc
25.7kg if the scales were right...
The ONLY thing I was scared that would be looked at was the Reels and the 200m of line on them.. obviously all the alarms went off when it went through the X-Ray, but on explaining everything, what, why etc the security guy was helpful and apologetic as he could see I had packed it tight and had to repack it it after.
Torches...if in UK/EU say they are 'torches', if flying anywhere else, you say they are 'lamps'.
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