Austrian Airlines takes care of your safety on board. Please mind that some of the responsibility for your own and other passengers' safety  lies within yourself. 
According to EC-Regulation 68/2004 find below a  list of articles which are not permitted to be carried as baggage into the cabin or hold of an aircraft:

Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into the security restricted area and the cabin of an aircraft:

Any object capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, including:

- all firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, etc)
- replica and imitation firearms
- component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sighting devices & sights)
- air pistols, air rifles and pellet guns
- signal flare pistols
- starter pistols
- toy guns of all types
- ball bearing guns
- industrial bold and nail guns
- crossbows
- catapults
- harpoon and spear guns
- animal human killers
- stun and shocking devices, e.g. cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy systems
- lighters shaped like a firearm

Pointed and bladed articles capable of causing injury, including:

- axes and hatchets
- arrows and darts
- crampons
- harpoons and spears
- ice axes and ice picks
- ice skates
- lockable or flick knives with blades of any length
- knives, including ceremonial knives - with blades of more than 6 cm, made of 
  metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon
- meat cleavers
- machetes
- open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades
  enclosed in cartridges)
- sabers, swords and swordsticks
- scalpels
- scissors with blades more than 6cm of length
- ski and walking/hiking poles
- throwing stars
- Tradesman's tools that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged
   weapon, e.g drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws,
   screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches

Any blunt instrument that can cause injury, including:

- baseball and softball bats
- clubs or batons rigid or flexible, e.g. billy clubs, blackjacks, batons
- cricket bats
- golf clubs
- hockey sticks
- lacrosse sticks
- kayak and canoe paddles
- skateboards
- billiard, snooker and pool cues
- fishing rods
- martial arts equipment, e.g. knuckle dusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails,
  num chucks, kubatons, kubasaunts

Any explosive or highly combustible substance which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security/safety of aircraft or property, including:

- ammunition
- blasting caps
- detonators and fuses
- explosives and explosive devices
- replica or imitation explosive material or devices
- mines and other explosive military devices
- grenades of all types
- gas and gas containers, e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen in large volume
- fireworks or flares in any form (including party poppers and toy caps)
- non-safety matches
- smoke generating canisters or cartridges
- flammable liquid fuel, e.g. gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol
- aerosol spray paint
- turpentine and paint thinner
- alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140 % proof)

Any chemical or toxic substance which poses a risk  to the health of passengers of passengers and crew or the security/safety of aircraft or property, including:

- acids and alkalis, e.g. spillable "wet" batteries
- corrosive or bleaching substances, e.g. mercury, chlorine
- disabling or incapacitating sprays, e.g. mace, pepper spray, tear gas
- radioactive material, e.g. medicinal or commercial isotopes
- poisons
- infectious or biological hazardous material, e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses
- material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion
- fire extinguishers

Articles not permitted to be taken on board the aircraft as bulk baggage:

- explosives, including detonators, fuses, grenades, mines and explosives
- gases - propane, butane
- flammable liquids, including gasoline, methanol
- flammable solids and reactive substances, including magnesium, firelighters, 
  fireworks, flares
- oxidizers and organic peroxides, including bleach, car body repair kits
- toxic or infectious substances, including rat poison, infected blood
- radioactive material, including medicinal or commercial isotopes
- corrosives, icluding mercury, vehicle batteries
- vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel

Physicians may  take their own "emergency kit" aboard Austrian Airlines Group flights but must be in possession of a certificate of exemtion issued by the federal ministry of interior  (according EU regulation 68/2004). The Austrian Airlines reservation office must be informed accordingly.

For any additional information please contact the Austrian Airlines Group Reservation Office  +43 (0) 5 1766 1000.