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more on tsa and lighters
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:14:27 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Joel M Snyder <Joel.Snyder () Opus1 COM> Date: December 3, 2005 4:52:01 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com, shoop () iwiring net Subject: Re: [IP] more on tsa and lighters No, that's not exactly true.No lighters, Zippo or otherwise, new or used, are allowed in the passenger cabin.
ANY "absorbed fueld" lighters UNOPENED AND UNFUELED AND NEVER USED AND IN FACTORY FRESH PACKAGING are specifically allowed in checked baggage. In other words, a lighter that has no gas in it can be sent through. Disposable butane lighters come from the factory with gas in them, so they wouldn't be allowed on the "it might still blow up" theory.
Fueled Zippo lighters, when packed in a very expensive special DOT- approved case, can be checked in luggage provided they you stick big stickers on them saying that there's a fueled lighter inside.
Is there an exemption for Zippos? Yeah, in an obscure manner of speaking. But the article by Leavitt was specifically about in-cabin lighters and checkpoints, and the "Zippo exemption" has nothing to do with that.
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