• Contact BWIA Cargo Customer Service Department as Dangerous Goods are accepted subject to advance arrangements and space booked / confirmed from departure point to final destination.
  
• Provide the following information:
  1. Date you plan to ship
  2. Number of pieces / weight
  3. Type of product
  4. Destination
  
• A Shippers Declaration for Dangerous Goods, and other applicable documentation must accompany dangerous Goods. These forms can be obtained from our cargo office or cargo representative.

Some Dangerous Goods are too dangerous to be carried by passenger aircraft, others may be carried on cargo aircraft only, and some are acceptable on both cargo and passenger aircraft. Dangerous Goods fall into nine classes and there are three classes of packing with detailed packing instructions to ensure cargo as well as passenger safety.

The nine classes of dangerous goods are:

1. Explosives
   
2. Gases
   
3. Flammable Liquids
   
4. Flammable Solids
   
5. Oxidizing Substances
   
6. Poisonous and Infectious Substances
   
7. Radioactive Materials
   
8. Corrosives
   
9. Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods

If you are unsure as to whether or not your item is a Dangerous Good or into which class it falls, please contact your local BWee Cargo office for clarification.

It is your responsibility to…
Airfreighting of Dangerous Goods is a detailed procedure, with responsibility falling on the shoulders of both the airline and you.

You must ensure that the articles or substances are not prohibited for transport by air, and that all substances are properly identified, classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented in accordance with regulations. Regulations may vary on different airlines so while you may be aware of BWIA's regulations, if you or your items are interlining, it is important to find out the other airlines' policy regarding Dangerous Goods.


Safety Tips

• Certain markings must go onto the packages, such as the type of good, the name, and the United Nations number. These markings are all part of the proper labeling process.
  
  
• A container or receptacle for liquids should not be entirely filled; enough space should be left in the receptacle to ensure no leakage will occur as a result of expansion of the liquid from temperature or pressure changes.
  
  
• Avoid packing dangerous goods in the same outer packing with dangerous or other goods should in case they react with each other and cause any of the following :
  
  · combustion or create considerable heat
  · flammable or poisonous gases
  · the formation of corrosive substances
  · the formation of unstable substances
  
  
• Containers that can break or puncture easily should be packed in strong outer packaging suitably cushioned so that it prevents leaks and breakage.

BWIA's Responsibility
Our team at BWIA Cargo have undergone intensive Dangerous Goods Training courses. Equipped with this knowledge we provide proper acceptance, storage, loading, inspection and provision of information - criteria, which are accurately met and strictly adhered to, so you can be sure all involved that is crew, passengers and goods are never put at risk.

BWIA reserves the right to refuse any shipment that could possibly contain undeclared or improperly prepared Dangerous Goods. Dangerous Goods must not be carried in, or as passenger carryon baggage, except as otherwise provided in the following related topics. A complete description of the goods being checked in as baggage or freighted is necessary. Security type attaché case, cash boxes / bags incorporating dangerous goods, such as Lithium batteries or pyrotechnic devices are totally forbidden.Disabling devices such as mace, pepper sprays etc containing an irritant or incapacitating substance, are prohibited on the person, in checked and carryon baggage.

When airfreighting with BWIA, we will do our best to ensure your goods arrive in the time frame you require. You can expedite this process by completing all the security and other necessary documentation completely and accurately. For additional information concerning airfreighting Dangerous Goods, please visit www.iata.org. If you have any doubt that you are airfreighting a dangerous good, please contact our nearest BWIA office for guidance. Items carried on board by passengers that may contain Dangerous Goods The following are examples of dangerous goods that you may carry on board or check-in as baggage, and MUST be declared to the air carrier for further scrutiny. A small description of some of the articles have been provided.

Common items

• Alcoholic Beverages
  
• Boxed Ammunition for Sporting Purposes
  
• Carbon dioxide gas cylinders (small)
  
• Carbon dioxide solid (Dry Ice)
  
• Fuel for camp stoves/lanterns/torches/heating elements
  
• Gaseous Oxygen or Air Cylinders (small)
  
• Hair curlers containing hydrocarbon gas
  
• Heat Producing Articles
  
• Insulated packaging contain refrigerated liquid nitrogen
  
• Irritants such as Mace, Pepper Spray etc
  
• Lithium Batteries (not in cameras)
  
• Medical or clinical thermometer
  
• Mercurial Barometer or Thermometer
  
• Non-flammable Gas Cylinders
  
• Non-radioactive Medicinal or Toilet Articles
  
• Oil Based paint and thinners (flammable)
  
• Radiosotopic Cardiac Pacemakers
  
• Safety Matches or Lighters
  
• Machinery (chain saws, outboard engines containing fuel or vapours)
  
• Wheelchairs or other Battery Powered Mobility Device

Other common items

• Breathing Apparatus
  
• Camping Equipment
  
• Cars, Car Parts
  
• Cylinders
  
• Dental Apparatus
  
• Diagnostic Specimens
  
• Diving Equipment
  
• Drilling and Mining Equipment
  
• Electrical Equipment
  
• Electrically powered Apparatus
  
• Expeditionary Equipment
  
• Film crew or media equipment
  
• Frozen embryos
  
• Frozen fruit, vegetables etc
  
• Fuel control units
  
• Fuels
  
• Hot air balloon
  
• Household goods
  
• Instruments
  
• Laboratory/testing equipment
  
• Machinery parts
  
• Magnets and other items of similar material
  
• Medical supplies
  
• Pharmaceuticals
  
• Photographic supplies
  
• Repair kits
  
• Samples for testing
  
• Swimming pool chemicals
  
• Switches in electrical equipment or instruments
  
• Tool boxes
  
• Torches
  
• Vaccines

• will be permitted in or as carry-on baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked-baggage
  
• will not require the approval of the operator
  
• will not require BWIA's approval

Securely boxed ammunition (cartridges for weapons) for sporting purposes will be considered dangerous goods but will be allowed in certain quantities. Your allowance is not to exceed 5 kgs / 11 lbs gross weight and must be for your own use. This allowance excludes ammunition with explosives or incendiary projectiles. Allowances for more than one passenger must not be combined into one or more packages. These items -

• will not be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will not be permitted on one's person
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Small Carbon Dioxide Gas Cylinders may be worn by you to operate mechanical limbs. Spare cylinders of a similar size will be permissible if they are required to ensure an adequate supply for the duration of the journey. These small gas cylinders -

• will be permitted in or as carry-on baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will be permitted on one's person
  
• will not require BWIA's approval

Carbon Dioxide Solid (Dry Ice) in quantities not exceeding 2 kgs or 4.4 lbs per passenger when used to pack perishables is not subject to IATA regulations in carry-on baggage, provided the packaged permits the release of carbon dioxide gas.

• will be permitted in or as carry-on baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Hair Curlers containing hydrocarbon gas not more than one set of hair curlers containing hydrocarbon gas will be allowed per passenger, provided that the safety cover is securely fitted over the heating element. These hair curlers must not be used on board the aircraft at any time. These items -

• will be permitted in or as carry-on baggage
  
• will not be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will not be permitted on one's person
  
• will not require BWIA's approval

Heat Producing Articles such as underwater torches (diving lamps) and soldering irons will be permitted under the following conditions. The heat producing component, or the energy source, must be removed so as to prevent unintentional functioning during transport. They will

• be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• not be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• not be permitted one one's person
  
• require BWIA's approval

Insulated packaging Containing Refrigerated Liquid Nitrogen fully absorbed in a porous material and intended for transport, at low temperature, of non-dangerous products are not subject to IATA dangerous regulations. This is provided that the design of the insulated packaging would not allow the build-up of pressure within the container and would not permit the release of and refrigerated liquid nitrogen irrespective of the orientation of the insulated packaging. Such items -

• will be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will not be permitted on one's person
  
• will require BWIA's approval

A representative of a government weather bureau or similar official agency will only carry a Mercurial Barometer or Thermometer. The barometer or thermometer must be packed in a strong outer packaging, having a sealed inner liner or bag of strong leak proof and puncture resistant material impervious to mercury, which will prevent the escape of mercury from the package irrespective of its position. These items -

• will be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will not be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Two small Non-Flammable Gas Cylinder fitted into a self-inflating life jacket plus two spare cartridges will be allowed. These items -

• will be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will be permitted on one's person
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Non-redioactive Medicinal or Toilet Articles including aerosols, are those where the total net quantity of all such articles carried by each passenger does not exceed 2 kgs or 4.4 lbs or 2 litres, and the net quantity of each single article does not exceed .5 kgs or .5 litres -

• will be permitted in or as carry-on baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked-baggage
  
• will be permitted on one's person
  
• will not require BWIA's approval

Radioisotopic Cardiac Pacemakers or other devices, including those powered by lithium batteries, implanted into a person, or radio pharmaceuticals contained within the body of a person as the result of medical treatment, are considered dangerous goods when on board an aircraft. These articles -

• will not be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will not be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will be permitted on one's person
  
• will not BWIA's approval

Safety Matches or Lighters with fuel / fluid fully absorbed in a solid intended for use by an individual is permissible. These will be permitted only on one's person and not in any checked or carryon baggage. However lighters with a flammable liquid reservoir containing unabsorbed liquid fuel (other than liquefied gas) lighter fuel and lighter refills are not permitted on one's person nor in checked nor carryon baggage.

• will not be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will not be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will be permitted on one's person
  
• will not BWIA's approval

Wheelchairs or Other Battery Operated Mobility Devices will be divided into two categories. These are those with non-spillable and those with spillable batteries. These will be accepted provided that the battery is disconnected, the battery terminals are insulated to prevent accidental short circuits and the battery is securely attached to the wheelchair or mobility device.

Wheelchairs / Mobility Aids -

• will not be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Wheelchair / Mobility Aids with spillable batteries -

• will not be permitted in or as carryon baggage
  
• will be permitted in or as checked baggage
  
• will require BWIA's approval

Breathing Apparatus - may indicate cylinders of compressed air or oxygen, chemical oxygen generators or refrigerated liquefied oxygen.

Camping Equipment - may contain flammable gases (butane, propane etc), flammable liquids (kerosene, gasoline, etc), flammable solids (hexamine, matches, etc) or other dangerous goods.

Cars, Car Parts - (car motors, motorcycle) may contain ferro-magnetic material which may not meet the definition for magnetised material but which may be subject to special stowage requirements due to the possibility of affecting aircraft instruments. May also contain engines, carburettors or fuel tanks which contain or have contained fuel, wet batteries, compressed gases in tire inflation devices, fire extinguishers, shocks struts with nitrogen, air bag inflators/air bag modules, etc.

Cylinders - may indicate compressed or liquefied gas.

Dental Apparatus - may contain flammable resins or solvents, compressed or liquefied gas mercury and radioactive material.

Diagnostic Specimens - may contain infectious substances.

Diving Equipment - may contain cylinders (such as scuba tanks, vest bottles, etc) of compressed gas (air, oxygen, etc), high intensity diving lamps which can generate extremely high heat when operated in air. In order to be carried safely, the bulb or battery must be disconnected.

Drilling and Mining Equipment - may contain explosive(s) and/or other dangerous goods.

Electrical Equipment - may contain magnetized materials or mercury in switch gear and electron tubes or wet batteries.

Electrically Powered Apparatus - (wheelchairs, lawn mowers, golf cards, etc) may contain wet batteries.

Expeditionary Equipment - may contain explosives (flares) flammable liquids (gasoline), flammable gas (propane, camping gas,) or other dangerous goods.

Film Crew or Media Equipment - may contain explosive, pyrotechnic devices, generators incorporating internal combustion engines, wet batteries, fuel, heat producing items etc.

Frozen Embryos - may contain refrigerated liquefied gas or carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice).

Fuels - may contain flammable solids or flammable gases.

Fuel Control Units - may contain flammable liquids.

Hot Air Balloon - may contain cylinders with flammable gas, fir extinguishers, engines internal combustion, batteries, etc.

Household Goods - may contain items meeting any of the criteria for dangerous goods including flammable liquids such as solvent based paint, adhesives, polishes, aerosols, bleach, corrosive oven or drain cleaners, ammunition, matches etc.

Instruments - may conceal barometers, manometers, mercury switches, rectifier tubes, thermometers, etc. containing mercury.

Laboratory/Testing Equipment - may contain items meeting any of the criteria for dangerous goods, particularly flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances.

Machinery Parts - may contain adhesives, paints, sealants, solvents, wet and lithium batteries, mercury, cylinders of compressed or liquefied gas, etc.

Magnets and Other Items of Similar Material - may individually or cumulatively meet the definition of magnetised material.

Medical Supplies - may contain items meeting any of the criteria for dangerous goods, particularly flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances.

Photographic Supplies - may contain items meeting any of the criteria for dangerous goods, particularly heat producing devices, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances.

Repair Kits - may contain organic peroxides and flammable adhesives, solvent-based paints, resins, etc.

Samples for Testing - may contain items meeting any of the criteria for dangerous goods, particularly infectious substances, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances.

Swimming Pool Chemicals - may contain oxidizing or corrosive substances.

Switches in Electrical Equipment or Instruments - may contain mercury.

Tool Boxes - may contain explosives (power rivets), compressed gases or aerosols, flammable gases (Butane cylinders or torches may consist of a torch head (often with a self-igniting switch) attached to a container or cylinder of flammable gas.

Vaccines - may be packed in Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice).