Title: How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
Headings: How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
IN THE AIR…
National and international rules and regulations for commercial flights
Exemptions
Getting your tank through airport security
Remember
What you need to know
National regulations
ON THE ROAD...
Transporting SCUBA tanks on the road in a car
European regulations
Dive businesses
Why all this? - Under pressure…
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Content: Store the valve in your carry-on baggage. Put the entire regulator of a Spare Air with its attached parts (metal washer and o-ring, etc.) in a zip lock bag, so you can later screw your unit back together without anything missing. And bring along new o-rings for re-assembling the cylinder again. Although SCUBA tanks are quite solid, they can be damaged. Therefore, wrap the tank in cardboard packing or bubble wrap that covers the tank from bottom to shoulder or to the part that begins to narrow to the valve aperture and fix it with packing tape. Remember
When wrapping: Leave the tank's valve aperture open for inspection by the airport’s security personnel
Aluminum tanks need extra protection. The metal is softer than steel and tanks are therefore more susceptible to external dents, dings and scratches which can compromise the tank's structural integrity
tanks need a valid certificate (or stamp in the neck of the cylinder) of the competent MOT-inspectorate of your country
bring new o-rings for later re-assembling
What you need to know
If you remove the valve to fly, some dive shops will not fill your tank until it had a new VIP done (i.e. visual inspection). Before cylinders can be filled in the country you travel to, it is possible they must have passed the hydrostatic test as required by that country and therefore will need the stamp or certificate of the country where the cylinder is to be used.