CO2 cartridges on flights

portuguese mike
portuguese mike Posts: 695
edited February 2008 in Workshop
Can you take them in your hold luggage (where presumably it isn't pressurised) or will they blow up?
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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    You're not supposed to...
  • portuguese mike
    portuguese mike Posts: 695
    Yes, i mean theoretically if they did blow it would be through the thin cover at the threaded end which gets pierced when they are used rather than blowing apart flinging shrapnel everywhere.
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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    I think the chances of them doing anything at all harmful are almost completely negligible. I couldn't of course encourage anybody else to do something you're not supposed to, though I'm told by a "friend" that they don't tend to get picked up on luggage scanners either, so you can effectively fly with them if you want...
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    But would you want to risk it getting picked up by the scanner and then have someone rifling through your bike bag ?

    Personally - i buy them at the other end if i need them.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,579
    Buy a mini pump.
  • cswebbo
    cswebbo Posts: 220
    Mine got spotted on the scanner on the 'oversize luggage' conveyor at Stansted a few years ago. They asked me to take them out of the bag and then binned them.
    Since then i've always carried a mini pump.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Its quite cool seeing your bike on the scanner. I have no idea how they work out whats what - it looks very complicated to me - and i packed the bag !

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