Items forbidden for carriage on British Airways by passengers and crew
The following list covers all those items that are forbidden to be carried anywhere on British Airways flights:

•Disabling devices - mace, pepper spray, etc.
•Explosives - fireworks, flares, etc.
•Security-type attaché cases containing dangerous goods - pyrotechnic devices, etc.
•Electro shock weapons - e.g. Tasers - containing dangerous goods such as explosives, compressed gases. lithium batteries, etc.
•Strike anywhere matches
•Flammable gas cylinders
•Flammable liquids - paint, petrol, lighter refills, solvents, varnish, etc.
•Flammable solids - firelighters, Chinese lanterns, etc.
•Substances liable to spontaneous combustion - Phosphorous
•Substances that emit flammable gases in contact with water
•Oxidising materials - bleach, peroxides, some fertilisers, etc.
•Corrosives materials – acids, alkalis, wet cell batteries, etc.
•Toxic (poisonous) substances - weed killer, insecticides, etc.