[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US) M& A- m: f0 [! s
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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% z2 g# M9 {2 p) |. x. Y. OThe 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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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ q& ^7 ?9 r, v+ I4 `

! T. v8 c7 T- ], [. o. FUS 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.人在德国 社区6 Z2 N+ z7 D' v$ b. B
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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3 I! t# _$ j4 ~! v/ Drs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ }% B5 x9 p  k5 f6 B2 h

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2 {( |5 M$ F0 v. N" SThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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( Z: \* }% Q* y* Q1 K人在德国 社区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.