Can You Bring a Pocket Knife on a Plane?

Can you bring a pocket knife on a plane​? Folding blade of a pocket knife fits into its handle. The safety and security of the passengers and airline crew is the primary concern while flying in the plane for the authorities worldwide. For safety and security purposes, it is allowed in packed form. As the passenger can access a carry-on bag in the plane, he can threaten other passengers with tools and knives. 

How to bring a Pocket knife on a plane?

A knife of any kind has a tip that is quite sharp and piercing. It can easily penetrate the skin and soft parts of the body. In addition to this threat, it can destroy other valuable things that come in contact with this tip. So, as far as the carry-on bag is concerned, any type of this cutting object, including a pocket, is prohibited. However, the same is allowed while boarding a plane in the case of checked luggage. This permission is conditioned by some safety formalities and procedures like covering, wrapping, and packing of it  before boarding the plane with the checked bag.

What is the TSA guide for a pocket knife: -

The right of freedom of movement is ensured by the Transport Security Administration. This department, under the supervision of Homeland Security, is responsible for safeguarding movement in America, including both personal and commercial travel. To ensure this freedom, the TSA issues guidelines and regulations for transportation in America. One of the rules does not permit holders of any Folding Knives to travel with carry-on luggage when boarding a plane.

How can a pocket knife be carried on a plane?

A pocket knife can be shifted on a plane in the checked in luggage. The passenger brings this luggage to the security counter for clearance. After the clearance process, the airline crew hands it over to the passenger for transportation. The airline crew loads it into the aircraft's belly. Checked luggage delivered for transportation on a plane is typically larger in size and heavier in weight than carry-on luggage.

This can be carried after several safety steps/measures. First, wrapping paper is used to wrap it. Then, this wrapped piece is covered in a bubble-wrapping plastic sheath. Further, this is packed in a box and placed in the checked luggage bag.

TSA  general guideline for knives: -

Guideline by TSA describes the following rules:

“Knives and other sharp or rounded objects are not allowed in carry-on luggage on a plane.

Knives and other sharp or rounded objects can be transported in checked luggage bags.

These objects must be covered, wrapped, and placed correctly in the bags.

The TSA officer is the final decisive authority regarding the transportation of any object.”

Final Words

Can you bring a pocket knife on a plane​? Context of the question will determine the answer to this question. If we afford two different interpretations for the answer of this question, ‘Yes’ for one interpretation and ‘No’ for the other.  Yes is the answer when we limit the transportation of this object to the checked bag and cargo. No is the answer when the question encompasses the carry-on bag. In simple words a passenger cannot carry any such cutting object in his carry-on luggage but in the checked baggage.  Knives Hives offers a complete range of all types of folding knives made of different types of material.