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Old Sep 19, 2004, 11:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Hazmike
The FAA allows up to 67 oz of non-radioactive, medicinals & toiletries per person. No individual container may exceed 500 mL (16 oz).

In my professional opinion, please leave the aerosols at home. There have been several instances where aerosol cans of hairspray have exploded in the bellies of aircraft.

No strike-anywhere matches. No Calibri or Zippo lighters if they have had butane in them.

I'm tempted to start a thread on this very subject. But not tonite. :-:
Funny you should mention strike-anywhere matches. We had a passenger literally "flame up" while waiting in line. He later said that he had a couple boxes of strike-anywhere matches stored inside his backpack.

Nobody was hurt, and his burning backpack was doused before it became much of a hazard to anyone else.
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