[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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; N8 B8 S8 |5 L; \: l  a: ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 D  d) C" Y6 S, P; `* M
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., r5 p; Y% I( K1 b4 r7 f2 O

1 W. q9 \) Z' q/ O7 ^( @1 Y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.& {7 C* j( t* [0 n, _- n( e* o
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, ?2 f( V/ X9 ~, V' lUS 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: J& ~3 Y9 z( B7 K! L
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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. H9 V% R' R: C5 H! H; E# BThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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% U) _5 h3 }' u* V5 ~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.