[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。. X4 ?3 ?5 z! y; o

+ ~1 \+ G& ^! @5 V; NCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" m! Y1 P6 i/ h( e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.人在德国 社区: R2 m: h7 ^3 T5 ]- z5 N
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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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  o' Z4 w2 D8 `1 P" h$ U4 nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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 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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' h# c8 c% h8 Z# B" Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区+ U! R# y( R8 l9 s

6 r4 z! E4 z0 B0 H/ @"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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# J9 D. u/ x1 [8 F9 X人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) S4 E& r! \0 f1 g' V% 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.