sunny

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Has anyone on here every carried a turbocharger as hand luggage on an plane before?

A mate of mine is going abroad and I am thinking of getting him to bring back my new turbo.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks - Sunny.

dojj

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as long as it fits in a bag
they might think its a bomb though

Fil

also it has blades in it? that might cause a problem!

S1

Just dont pack it in a shoebox with some plasticine and an old alarm clock.

Graceland

They will class it as a "tool or item that may be used to endanger life"

I had a similar problem when bringing a load of cheep air-tools back from the states, had to put all my luggage in the cargo area on the plane due to the amount of toolage

Cam

Yes you are OK bringing a turbo back as hand luggage I brought one back from the States a while back but post 9/11

Fil

you best and safest bet, is to phone the airline and ask!, tho id give your mate some bubble wrap etc to put in his luggage, to take incase he needs to pack it!


gotta say my mum boarded a plane last year, and sat there the entire journey, doing her cross stitch with needles and scissors there and back, only realised it when seeing something on TV weeks later


worse still you still get given and can take on board cans of drink , when these are ripped open, they can make a very nasty mess of someones throat

rog

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Why in your hand luggage????
I was over in the states about 3 months ago and a mate of mine took back 3 pellet guns that were made of metal, looked the real deal, they were in his bags, never got stopped at all. Fucked if i'd have done that though.

Rab

Worst comes to the worst post it from the airport.

Jonzy

Fuckers took my cat5 crimpers off me this morning, now the cunts have delayed my flight by 4 hrs. Cunts

Keith B

Yeah I always take one with me on a flight!

Christian and Beccy

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Never mind that, what turbo is it??!!

diesel2000

PMSL

Lloyd

if you get stopped by customs ,you would have to pay vat.

kev 3dr

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You should be ok mate I brought back a pair of Ford V8 alloy cylinder heads from a speed shop in Orlando the other year with a few other bits of goodies for my Dads mustang and all the customs wanted to know what cars we were building !!!! Parents are going again next monday for 2 weeks and mine and my brothers order's has gone in for our car bits !!!

Eagle

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i work airside at heathrow and gatwick sometimes .. they let me take all my tools through even a stanley knife ... but .. told me to hand over my keys as i had a small 1/2 inch knife on the bunch

reality

Should be fine.. customs may be a problem if it looks like you've bought it in America.. if you take it out of any packaging and wrap it in something old, then you can say your cousin in America gave it to you..