[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。人在德国 社区5 N: c' ]- T. h* M# c- s
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US% H7 ]5 W, L, @8 t% _
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.4 {0 Z, V2 }/ Y) F6 @
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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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8 W0 l$ h) W! u; r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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2 A5 U- I! Q; ]; [% D" u& Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.) ?& \' {  _3 S* s3 G
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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.
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. ^; a2 r6 A8 E) b$ S! l: W"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; Q4 M+ G9 w/ O

  W% ^8 Q% Q! GThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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- ?& l5 z4 {' S1 A& b& fThe 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.