need pepper spray info

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curious

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i need some info on taking pepper spray on a comercial aircraft. is it ok ? let me know. i have it in a key defender.
thanks
 
I took one thru security at an airport once and it was confiscated. The security guard told me it was illegal to take on a commercial airplane and that if the cabin pressure changed dramatically, it could cause the canister to go off.
 
thanks CindyH that makes sense to me. I was concerned about the pressure changes even in my luggage, going off and getting all over every thing.
 
You can take pepper spray in checked baggage.
Call your airline and get info. See if it is on their website. Print it and take it with you.

Don't trust me though - call them
 
Is there anything mentioned in international agreements / agreements between airlines on carrying pepper sprays in aircraft? I live in Finland, and when I asked the local airline Finnair they said pepper (and similar) sprays are prohibited both in cabin and in checked baggage, because they are pressure containers prohibited by international air regulations.

On the other hand, unloaded guns in checked baggage are OK for Finnair so it is not that their policy would be against weapons. Anyone knows about any general airline agreements on pepper sprays?

Ossi
 
Once upon a time I flew to Florida.
Had a thermos in my luggage. I noticed it
wasn't working as well sometime later. When my dad
heard the story he said “it’s a good thing it didn’t pop”.
All I could do was look stunned and agree. A cheap
thermos at 30 thousand feet just won’t hold up.
 
Now, someone will have to check me on this, but I believe that airliner cabin pressures are equivalent to a 10,000 foot altitude. Again, that's a fuzzy memory, so someone will have to check my figures.

Now, a change from sea level to 10,000 feet is enough to make any pressure container rupture--probably rather violently--which insures that the cabin gets filled with OC. And since the aircraft is a closed enviroment, the OC keeps re-circulating.

Can you imagine trying to land a plane with your eyes slammed shut, and your lungs full of pepper spray? Yarg.

This is about the only 'common-sense' rule that I can think of, just off-hand.

LawDog
 
I know that if you are planning to fly to the state you want to camp in... (i'm not driving to Cali from Ohio) then you can't take any stove gas, propane, lighter fluid, etc. and all fuel containers must be thoroughly cleaned out.

The only reason this is relvant is because Bear Spray is a no-no as well, most likely for the reasons listed by LawDog, and if it were to pop in your checked baggage, you're not going to have a pleasant camping trip.

I buy my fuel and Bear Spray when I arrive. Kind of an inconvenience, but it still beats driving cross-country.

I'd find a "personal protection store" shortly upon arrival.

Tom
 
My wife was forced to _dispose_ of her spray and we were just excorting my father to the departure waiting area.

And boy, did I _feel_ much safer.

Sgt.K
 
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