[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。! _9 d# h0 x# y% n
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
- h4 a, ]1 g( Z* s) m* D% b9 pUS 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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( ^" f. V+ _2 R" S( y* t6 X+ g" Qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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% }- Z$ Q2 u. B0 g, e* nUS 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.* q' H2 }. A, N! O! U1 \  Z! H% t
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.. u5 Q, {1 d3 X  `

# J6 L& H" p' k"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1 {5 K+ t$ E, I% a, o
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* Z( f/ V; y& P# l' N: I
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.( U0 e' u3 E: e% [, ]# H

! L; x. z& s1 v# j4 F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.