What should I include in the airport security screening plastic bins?
Plastic bins are available to travellers at the security screening checkpoint in order to contain and manage personal belongings that must be screened by the X-ray. Consolidate your items into as few plastic bins as possible to make them easier to manage before and after the X-ray.
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Common items
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Keep on or with you
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Include in plastic bin
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Keep in carry-on baggage
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Checked baggage only
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Liquids, aerosols, and gels
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Liquids, aerosols and gels under 100ml/g (3.4 oz) must be inside a clear, resealable 1L plastic bag, removed from carry-on and placed in bin
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Liquids, aerosols and gels over 100ml/g (3.4 oz)
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Exempt liquids, aerosols and gels
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Advise Screening Officers and place directly in bin
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Laptop, notebook and netbook computers
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Remove from carrying case and place width-wise if possible to leave room for other items in bin
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| Tablets (i.e iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook), e-Readers (ex. Kindle, Kobo) |
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Leave these items in your carry-on
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| Video game consoles like Xbox, Playstation and Wii |
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Remove from carrying case and place width-wise if possible to leave room for other items in bin
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Portable handheld game consoles like PSP Go and Nintendo 3DS
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Leave these items in your carry-on
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Cell or smart phones (i.e. BlackBerry, iPhone), portable media or music players (i.e. dvd players, iPods)
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Leave these items in your carry-on
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Digital cameras or video cameras
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Leave these items in your carry-on
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Pocket contents – including metal objects (loose change, foil gum wrappers, bottle openers, keys, carabiners)
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We suggest securing these items in your carry-on baggage or put in your outerwear and place in bin
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Outerwear including: coats, jackets, suit jackets.
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Remove and place in bin
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Duty-free purchases in Security Tamper-Evident Bags (STEBs)
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Passengers travelling from countries in the European Union can carry liquids, aerosols, and gels (in excess of the normal quantity restriction) purchased at a European duty-free store through security screening if they are packaged in a valid security tamper-evident bag (STEB). However, this does not apply to passengers boarding transborder flights (US destinations).
Passengers travelling from other countries should check their purchases.
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Glasses, watches and wallets
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You may leave these items on your person, or place them in your carry-on according to your personal preference
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Shoes or other footwear **
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For domestic and international destinations, passengers are not required to remove their shoes or other footwear.**
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For US destinations, passengers must remove shoes or other footwear for x-ray screening, with the exception of children aged 12 years of age or younger.**
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**Some types of footwear – especially those with metal arches (such as steel-toed boots and high-heeled shoes/boots), and children’s footwear with rollers or electronic parts such as lights – may alarm at the walk-through metal detector and if so, will require removal for further screening. To avoid delays during security screening, consider placing your footwear in the plastic bin if your shoes contain any metal (i.e. steel toe boots) or metal details (i.e. buckle).
Want to know more about what you can and can’t bring on a flight? Use our Permitted and non-permitted items search tool or visit the Travel advice section of our website.
What if your bag is pulled aside for a search?
When walking over to retrieve your personal belongings after you exit the walk-through metal detector, you may be informed by a Screening Officer that they must conduct further screening. At the same time, you will be asked to produce your boarding pass.
This may happen because:
- You (or your belongings) have been randomly selected for additional screening; or
- You have a non-permitted or an unidentifiable item in your bag that requires further inspection.
It’s important not to reach for or grab items from your bag until the Screening Officer has informed you that they have completed the search. Doing so will further delay the process or require the airport security screening process to be restarted.
Screening Officers will search your bag in plain view. If you have sensitive items that you do not want others to see, you can request that the search of your bag be conducted in a private search area in your presence.