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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

EU - List of restricted handluggage items

The EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) issued a list of restricted handluggage items (Directive 68/2004) on February 1, 2004. The list contains a considerable number of items which obviously make little sense in an airplane, such as explosives, guns, etc.

However, there are also some items that confused me. Why should a golf club be harmful? Have you ever tried to swing a golf club in an airplane? think it might be difficult to use it as an effective weapon.

The list also contains martial arts equipment and list some examples, such as shuriken and nunchakus, and kubatons. However, it also contains an item called "kubasaunt" and honestly, spoken, I have no idea what this might be. I am tempted to believe that the EASA doesn't know either and the term just ended up there as the result of a mistake. Consequently, I sent the following note to the EASA, asking for a clarification:

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

in Ihrer Verordnung EG 68/2004 vom 01.02.2004 werden Gegenstände aufgelistet, deren Verbringung in ein Flugzeug aus Gründen der Flugsicherheit nicht zulässig ist.

Unter Abschnitt 1 - Punkt 3 (Stumpfe Gegenstände) werden auch Kampfsportausrüstungsgegenstände aufgeführt, darunter „Kubasaunts“.

Dieser Gegenstand ist mir, im Gegensatz zum ebenfalls genannten Kubaton, unbekannt. Bitte teilen Sie mir mit, was ein Kubasaunt ist, damit ich nicht unversehens in die Situation komme, ein solches eventuell bei einer Reise mit mir zu führen.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen,

Kai Simon

If you also are curious what kubasaunts are, check back later. I'll post the answer from EASA here.

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