Plane Carry On Survival Items?

I'm going to pack the following:

40oz Kleen Kanteen
Water Purification tablets
Signal whistle
Knife Sharpener
Chapstick
Light My Fire Titanium Spork
50 feet of Paracord
Flashlight
Toothbrush
Advil & Immodium AD
Hand sanitizer
Pen
Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack minus the needles and scapel
 
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I carry a little Surefire Titanium TI flashlight, a couple of Cliff bars, and a bottle of water. Most of the time I don't check luggage, so I am pretty limited to what I can do.
 
K Williams said:
What items do you pack in carry-on bags for plane travel?
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Everything. When i travel i limit myself to items that will fit inside my carry on. That way I am never separated from my gear, I refuse to deal with lost luggage. Here is my packing list.

The stuff that never changes:
Travel docks + Passport
Tooth brush, toothpaste, deodorant
Disposable razor, or two

Keys with SAK classic
Smartphone + Phone charger + earbuds with microphone
Wallet
Laminated hardcopy of important contact information

The extended stay clothing kit, for the basic kit divide by two:
3 dress shirts/ long sleeve shirts
3 t-shirts
2 sweater vests
6 x underwear
6 x socks
2 x pants/shorts
2 x shoes

Winter gear:
3 in 1 goretex + primaloft jacket
1 x watch cap, 1 x gloves (fit in jacket pockets)
1 x wool long johns, 1 x wool socks (fit in cargo pockets of pants)

Note that the clothes I travel in are selected from the stuff on this packing list.
 
Maybe I should be more specific. TSA-legal survival items, packed into carry-on luggage, for travel to tropic/caribbean locations. Thanks.
 
lots of good ideas. I'd carry:
- Space blanket/Bivvy sack
- MSR Dromedary bladder 6L
- small knife/SAK (once TSA's new small knife regulation goes into effect)
- Balaclava/Gloves/shemagh/wool socks/heavy weight midlayer/rain/hardshell jacket (you never know where plane is going to land - could be cold in that area)
- whistle
- compass
- 550 cord/survival bracelet
- water purification tablets
- N95 respirator/filter mask (protect from smoke)
- comfortable shoes or sneakers (can escape faster)
- long sleeve everything shirt/pants (protect from burns)
- FAK/Grooming supplies (twizzers/etc) and purell

Also I read that one should ALWAYS know where the nearest emergency exit is, count amount of rows it would take to get to it (and be able to get there blindfolded) and listen to flight attendants for pre-flight instructions..
 
Long sleeved shirt that won't melt. Pants that won't melt, thick soled shoes/ boots, leather gloves. Bandana
 
No survival items on a commercial plane flight. If the plane goes down chances are you won't have any need for survival items in heaven. A private flight would be a different story.
 
Heh I don't think you can use Hollywood movies as your data-point. Edit: You have a 95% chance of surviving a plane crash.

I'd say you basically have controlled landings and uncontrolled landings, as well as ones near civilization and ones in the sticks. The uncontrolled landings will not give the pilot much time to radio for help, give coordinates or set up a safe landing zone. The ones far from civilization will be more difficult to land safely and rescue will take longer. If you get the double whammy of an uncontrolled landing in the sticks you will probably not be walking away from it. The rest are possibly survivable.

In a controlled landing near civilization you will be unlikely to need much more in terms of equipment than temperature appropriate clothing, since rescuers will know exactly where to look for you and will get there quick. If you survive the impact your main priority is to get away from the plane (fire risk etc) and administer first aid, then you need to keep warm and hydrated. If you survive a controlled landing far from civilization you will just be hanging tight for a longer period of time. Pack accordingly. If you survive an uncontrolled landing near civilization you will probably be badly hurt and in need of professional medical care.

Regardless of what medical gear you have in the carry on it will not be enough in case of real trauma, nor will you necessarily fit to administer it. Even worse when the plane comes down you will unlikely be able to get to the overhead locker to grab your gear. Besides the restrictions on what you can carry onto planes rules out certain survival gear like firestarters, knives etc. An emergency beacon, gps, and/or a satellite phone might be useful. If you want to go all out then water purification and storage of some sort could be useful.

Bush pilots have a different reality than commercial airplanes, and should probably pack more stuff. Overall I am reasonably happy with stuff and imagine it would keep me alive for the likely events. As long as I am protected from the elements the rest will fall into place. I think the general advice for people whose planes crash is to stick with the plane.
 
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I focus on the "urban" survival. Stuff to make sure the flight is pleasant. I use the vented earplugs for accent and decent, and if it gets really bumpy and the cabin pressure starts fluctuating. Gravol or similar, just in case. Vitamin B and caffeine for getting the eyes open after long flights. Stuff to have a sink shower if needed, and spare shirt and socks. a small light for finding stuff that has fallen under the seat. zipties, generally useful, I use them instead of locks on zippers. The way I figure it, in the event of an emergency, if it isn't in my pockets, its not coming with. and since there isn't much useful stuff that I can reasonably pocket, I'll just have to make due. I do try to stick to natural fiber base layers, as much as possible. Odds are I'll have more trouble in the airport, than on the flight. If the plane ditches over the ocean, there is no chance that I'll have enough clothing to stay warm and alive, so I'll have to take my chances and hope the rafts work, and anything else that happens will probably happen spitting distance from the runway, either take-off or approach, so help is moving in right away, survive the first 60 seconds, and all will be well.
 
gadgetgeek said:
anything else that happens will probably happen spitting distance from the runway, either take-off or approach, so help is moving in right away, survive the first 60 seconds, and all will be well.
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Exactly, most aircraft crashes occur at take off or landing. If it happens any other time during the flight, no amount of survival gear is going to help unless maybe you pack a parachute.
 
Just last week my girlfriend was in front of me at the South West kiosk while we were checking some bags for a flight here in the USA, and on the screen it said that lithium batteries weren't allowed. I ended up taking a lithium battery out of a flash light I was carrying and threw it in a trash can. (double crap). I looked around on the TSA site, but the only thing I found was from 2007 that said that lithium batteries arr okay. A lot of laptops are powered by those, so I bet there okay.

You can also carry on one single book of matches. All strike anywhere prohibited.

good luck with all of that, I checked most all of my stuff.
 
That's part of the security plan, if no one knows what is and isn't allowed, then the bad guys can't find weaknesses......
 
I don't put all my medications into one bag, instead I divide them evenly between my carry on and the checked suitcase. That way if one gets lost or stolen I won't be without my medications.
 
FYI there is a crash axe on board in every large passenger airliner. There are also commercial survival kits on every inflatable slide, if they have to ditch.
There a defib, and oxygen on board and a healthy first aid kit and a doctor's kit. There is also an emergency locator beacon on board.
If you go down you will have most gear you need in the wreck. If you ditch, the slides act like a raft.
The only thing you could need is a smoke hood with a built in oxygen generator, but i'll doubt TSA will let you board with one. There are 3 available on board for the flight crew.
A powerfull light is usefull, and fire retardant clothing.
 
I am a full-time traveller, so my entire EDC survival kit minus the prohibited knives and multi-tool fly with me.

Condor Molle backpack containing:
Nalgene bottle
Flashlight - Fenix LD20
Space blankets
Sharpie
Paracord
MAxpedition Fatty organizer containing:
Paracord
UST sparky
Vaseline impregnated cotton balls
Craft wire (for snare wire and gen purpose)
Signal mirror
Whistle
Space pen
Write in rain notebook - contains notes on survival tricks I don't get to practice often
Bug Spray
Needles and thread
Emergency fishing kit (in tin easily adapted for making char cloth)
Basic first aid suppplies - rubber gloves, alcohol wipes, bandaids, gauze

In the checked bags are the most useful tools of all:
Leatherman (wingman, I think)
SCHF9 (sharpened pry bar - cheap enough to be disposable)
Tops Delta Unit 3 (bombproof EDC fixed)
Kershaw Clash (workday EDC - cheap enough to be disposable)
Boker Plus folder (petit enough for discreet dress carry)
 
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