# Avalanche rescue backpacks, self-inflating (with explosive squib) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Avalanche rescue backpacks, self-inflating (with explosive squib), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is prohibited; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Models that contain a small explosive charge (squib) are not allowed in carry-on or checked bags, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Avalanche rescue backpacks, self-inflating (with explosive squib)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Models that contain a small explosive charge (squib) are not allowed in carry-on or checked bags.

## What the source says

> Models that contain a small explosive charge (squib) to release the cylinder contents

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/outdoor-equipment

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).