THE Office for Transportation Security (OTS) reminds all air travelers to declare firearms and other items that could be mistaken for real guns, as well as avoid carrying banned items at the airports.
The advisory was issued following interception of an undeclared pellet gun found in a checked-in baggage of a passenger bound for Dubai at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.
The OTS emphasizes that under the International Civil Aviation Organization rules, firearms and devices capable of causing serious injury or being mistaken for real weapons, such as replica guns, including pellet guns, are permitted only through checked-in baggage.
“This means that such items must be declared with the proper law enforcement agency before entering the airport terminal,” the OTS said.
