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[kevin922 0]

Was looking on british airway's website about baggage restrictions, they list "dry ice" , "christmas crackers" and "cooking oil" as no,nos.

Can someone explain to me why:
A) dry ice & cooking oil are no nos
and
B) what the hell a christmas cracker is

Thanks!

Kevin

[PhillyKev 0]

dry ice = combustible

cooking oil = highly flammable

christmas crackers = those little paper tubes with the string in the end, when you pull it a small powder charge explodes and shoot confetti out the end.

[nws01 0]

Like he said about the cracker...

http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/cracker.html

[christoofar 0]

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Like he said about the cracker...

http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/cracker.html

Yeah those little Christmas Crackers look like they could take out an Airbus.

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[wlie 0]

Dry ice is combustible? How so? I always thought that it was mostly CO2 and cold.

My other ride is the relative wind.

[quade 3]

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dry ice = combustible

Hmmm, quite the opposite.

Actually dry ice is CO2 in a solid state. When it sublimates to a gas, it displaces oxygen.

This could be potentially dangerous to life in an area that is not well ventilated such as an aircraft cabin.

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[PhillyKev 0]

yeah...i was wrong about that. After i wrote it I said...hey...wait a sec, and looked it up. It's not that it's combustible, but if in a sealed container will most likely cause that container to burst, or "explode"

[fasterfaller 0]

Dry ice can be used as an explosive if packaged the right way .

[nws01 0]

Put dry ice in a 2 litre bottle with a little water in it. Screw on the top and wait a couple of minutes and the explosion will shake everything in the vicinity. I have never done that though!

[kallend 1,679]

How about liquid nitrogen?

[Shark 0]

Also, you must not wear combustible shoes...

[freeflir29 0]

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they list "dry ice" , "christmas crackers" and "cooking oil" as no,nos.

Schweet!! Handguns and Semtex didn't make the list!!!!

[FallRate 0]

Actually, Dry-Ice is considered a "dangerous good" or "hazardous material" for the purposes of shipping. This is due to the fact that it is CO2 and a buildup of CO2 can be a bad thing for passengers in confined spaces. If you are wondering why it would be an issue, dry-ice is used quite regularly to keep foods and other perishables fresh while in transit, particularly when travelling great distances. (Trivia: FedEx ships thousands of pounds of dry-ice on a daily basis.) So it is quite common to find passengers carrying it aboard their flights.

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B) what the hell a christmas cracker is

Thanks!

Kevin

actually a cracker is those things you pull at Xmas time....not sure if you guys get them in the US, but here is some useful info on them if you should ever need it

http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html

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Both airlines that I have worked for used dry ice to keep ice cream cold until we served it. I would then put some of it in a glass with a little water and let the "smoke" run over. Really messed with a 727 crew once when it slipped into the cockpit ...accidentally. I had no idea back seaters were so jumpy.

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