[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。0 g' e+ r5 B9 M4 X1 W
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区  i' e8 V2 O4 [7 [4 t$ K1 r
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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' |3 d% B. d4 LThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# K3 Z& K- L2 Q& z2 ^

) _& Y* d( R7 y! Vrs238848.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.  u5 K- Y; S! ?- s( \1 Y% {+ h1 {
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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.
# T' x' M+ {9 h; y9 J( ]Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.3 e: ?5 n8 d- \& [
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 @& e/ m' r# zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.