When my nephew was RHS in Southern Africa, he served his time hopping small locations in small twin turbo-props. Luggage had to be carefully checked - whether carried or loaded. They found:
- Motorcar engine, still with oil in the sump to be 'hand carried' into the cabin.
- Tins of petrol for the engine - naturally.
- Food of ALL and ANY type.
- Staff adding a suitcase to go to their friend at the destination. This was unchecked and just loaded on without a tag. Then they would phone their mate working airside at destination to say it was on board.
- As with most destinations in that great continent, the concept of 'max weight' is not fully understood.
- The loaders might see that there is spare 'space' in the hold and fill it up. If that took them overweight or out of CofG...?
Amongst many more.