[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人在德国 社区- t' c  e7 C7 @/ `8 N* `
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.6 b4 w$ k1 s' l* F0 I! j" x1 z5 q8 h
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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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5 R& G4 J- h2 \7 t) [1 Z; }* yrs238848.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 authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
% f* \! a% ?1 l  G" `% p# [3 BMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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& c! ^' n4 s- A5 U人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 d; q& b. B4 y( B9 F+ s9 O

1 H8 [1 h9 M9 l4 z4 H% l1 ]rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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: v$ h& P  |9 k- V7 w8 [2 vThe 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.