[国际新闻] 美国撤除禁令8月起可带打火机上飞机

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美国政府决定从8月4日开始，停止施行已经两年，禁止乘客带普通打火机上飞机的政策。美国运输部认为，在乘客登机前搜索他们身上是否携带打火机，根本是浪费时间。 2001年当鞋子炸弹客芮德意图在从巴黎飞往迈阿密的班机上，用火柴引燃藏在鞋子里的炸弹後，美国政府在国会的坚持之下，终於宣布了禁带打火机上机的命令。
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: g$ k6 i7 \" z) R( F3 X- y) W4 KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 `- Q2 \+ H8 l人在德国 社区US authorities will no longer enforce a two-year-old ban against taking cigarette lighters on planes because searching passengers wasted time and did not improve aviation security, the New York Times reports.
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The ban on lighters was ordered by US lawmakers after a passenger, Richard Reid, tried to ignite a bomb in his shoe in 2001 on a flight from Paris to Miami.
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9 j1 K9 W  p; f  s9 `. h人在德国 社区Reid, known as the "shoe bomber", had used matches to try to ignite explosives concealed in his shoe and is currently serving a life sentence for trying to blow up the transatlantic flight.
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  l1 Q8 L4 v- W9 J人在德国 社区US Transport Security Administration assistant secretary Kip Hawley says the ban on lighters did not significantly enhance security because small batteries could be used to detonate a bomb.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" |! z! |( W3 c; _! `1 Z! V, Y. |& r
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.- v6 Y, Q2 q( U$ ^

  E' r4 N& U! X$ e. G- w2 W7 @"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" J* g. X8 E. l" O6 S5 L

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9 n$ v0 ^/ ]# w6 V0 a6 XThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.+ \0 J/ w# ]1 X; W3 `/ u0 x
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The New York Times says some 22,000 lighters a day are collected by security officers at airports across the United States and disposing of the confiscated lighters has cost about $US4 million a year.