[IP] more on tsa and lighters
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From: Joel M Snyder <Joel.Snyder@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 3, 2005 4:52:01 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, shoop@xxxxxxxxxxx
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.
jms
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