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kwik_wurk posted 06-24-2009 03:22 PM ET (US)
Are there any restrictions on inflatable PFD's as carry-on or checked luggage for airline travel?
I assume the CO2 cartridges don't pose any threat, and they have inflatable life jackets already on board.
And I would like to have my PFD where I am going.
Buckda posted 06-24-2009 03:26 PM ET (US)
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/ permitted-prohibited-items.shtm
If CO2 cartridge air guns are allowed in checked luggage with the cartridge removed, I would imagine that inflatable vests are allowed in checked luggage.
For security, I would e-mail TSA and keep a copy of that e-mail response with you when you travel.
Dave
R T M posted 06-24-2009 06:00 PM ET (US)
If your flying over water, I would just wear it.
rich/Binkie
GAwhale posted 06-24-2009 06:05 PM ET (US)
Straight From www.delta.com
Delta will accept one self-inflating life jacket that contains no more than two small carbon dioxide cylinders plus no more than two spare cylinders as checked or carry-on baggage.
padrefigure posted 06-24-2009 08:05 PM ET (US)
We had the cylinder confiscated when we tried to carry on a Mustang inflatable PFD. This was early in the baggage scanning era, so the rules may be different now.
Chuck Tribolet posted 06-25-2009 07:19 PM ET (US)
Interesting. Essentially EVERY airline (I've never heard of
an exception) requires SCUBA tanks to not only be empty, but
to have the valve removed from the cylinder.
Chuck

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Author	Topic: Inflatable PFD's on airplanes?
kwik_wurk	posted 06-24-2009 03:22 PM ET (US) Are there any restrictions on inflatable PFD's as carry-on or checked luggage for airline travel? I assume the CO2 cartridges don't pose any threat, and they have inflatable life jackets already on board. And I would like to have my PFD where I am going.
Buckda	posted 06-24-2009 03:26 PM ET (US) http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/ permitted-prohibited-items.shtm If CO2 cartridge air guns are allowed in checked luggage with the cartridge removed, I would imagine that inflatable vests are allowed in checked luggage. For security, I would e-mail TSA and keep a copy of that e-mail response with you when you travel. Dave
R T M	posted 06-24-2009 06:00 PM ET (US) If your flying over water, I would just wear it. rich/Binkie
GAwhale	posted 06-24-2009 06:05 PM ET (US) Straight From www.delta.com Delta will accept one self-inflating life jacket that contains no more than two small carbon dioxide cylinders plus no more than two spare cylinders as checked or carry-on baggage.
padrefigure	posted 06-24-2009 08:05 PM ET (US) We had the cylinder confiscated when we tried to carry on a Mustang inflatable PFD. This was early in the baggage scanning era, so the rules may be different now.
Chuck Tribolet	posted 06-25-2009 07:19 PM ET (US) Interesting. Essentially EVERY airline (I've never heard of an exception) requires SCUBA tanks to not only be empty, but to have the valve removed from the cylinder. Chuck