Originally Posted by AllanJ
For many years I have seen in airlines' brochures, a prohibition against matches in baggage.
I would just as well see lighters banned. It is very easy to set a major fire very quickly by breaking open a Bic or similar lighter.
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Is it Gere, Lan Ding or Lan, Ding Gere? So many people's names get corrupted as low paid poor-English speaking officials at Ellis Island try to move long lines of poor-English speaking immigrants through security checkpoints.
Please point out one fire on a passenger airliner started because of matches or lighters. I will save you the trouble - you cannot, because there have not been any.
Perhaps a terrorist out there will seize upon this idea and bring a Bic lighter, some newspaper, kindling, and magnesium to start a roaring inferno on a plane. IMHO, the more pressing problems are unscreened cargo and shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missiles, combined with Swiss cheese borders north and south. TSA, and the feds as a whole, should both try to correct the gaping holes in current security and anticipate future methods of attack. It seems to me that matches and lighters are not very effective weapons.