CO2 Cylinders on Aeroplane?

[jefmcg]

Considering taking some compressed CO2 canisters in my luggage to go in the hold (low pressure).

Are you on a small plane? Modern jetliners (is that still a word?) use the rounded outer fuselage to keep pressure in the whole plane. The holds are at the same pressure as the cabin.

 

[Twizit]

I've taken CO2 cylinders on BA flights many times, they are fine with it. Check the list of what you're allowed to carry - normally (but I am saying check) small CO2 cannisters are excluded from the prohibitions around compressed gas (it will state this explicitly).

Likewise... flying out of the UK fine from Heathrow and on BA. However, flying back in from Lyon (still on BA) and you're down to the local airport and how they feel about it. We had a big line of bike bags being checked into outsize luggage and they were explicitly looking for CO2 canisters and removing them. No amount of arguing or pointing to specifications, rules, regs or otherwise would have changed their minds.

So.... you pays your money and takes your chance. Personally, I'd just buy a few canisters in location and ditch them when returning... or just take a pump...

 

[jonny jeez]

Room four on a flight to Europe a couple of weeks ago...and back...no problem in the hold.

 

[Globalti]

Are you on a small plane? Modern jetliners (is that still a word?) use the rounded outer fuselage to keep pressure in the whole plane. The holds are at the same pressure as the cabin.

I'm prepared to be corrected but I don't think there's ever been a 'plane with a pressurised cabin and unpressurised hold, the floor would have to be massively strong to resist the downward pressure, not to mention all the holes for cables, hydraulics etc.

But yes... it's the same issue as with tyres on 'planes; the fuselage is pressurised to 10,000 feet. Would your tyres or gas cylinders explode going over an Alpine col at 10,000 feet? Nope.

 

[hatler]

I'm prepared to be corrected but I don't think there's ever been a 'plane with a pressurised cabin and unpressurised hold, the floor would have to be massively strong to resist the downward pressure, not to mention all the holes for cables, hydraulics etc.

Thread derail alert.

There was once, but only briefly, and the incident served to confirm your suspicion that the cabin floor wasn't strong enough.

Turkish Airlines Flight 981

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I used to fly regularly to & from the US with CO2 cylinders in the seat bag within the cycle bag, never gave it a thought until one day I had a puncture whilst in US, although ignorance or forgetfulness doesn't make it right or legal, but it must have gone through the x-ray machine you would have thought.

 

[DaveReading]

http://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/pdfs/Forbidden_Items_List.pdf

 

[Globalti]

I'd like to see anybody try to get a CO2 cylinder onto a 'plane at Manchester. We have the most jobsworthy security staff in the world, they have even "bumped" my overnight bag when they spotted a tiny 1ml plastic bottle of shaver oil in my spongebag.

That Dreamlifter must have an un-pressurised fuselage with a pressurised section for the crew up front.

 

[Proto]

I've never heard of anyone having trouble taking them out of the UK on flights, but I do know friends that were not allowed to take them on flights back from france and Spain. It's not necessarily the airline company but local airport regulations. Personally, I'd do as Fab Foodie suggests and take a pump.

 

[jefmcg]

When you check in, they will show you a card with explosives, matches, lighter fuel etc on it and ask if any of them is in your bag. If one of the pictures is a co2 cartridge say yes, and take them out. Otherwise don't.