[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': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* j. Y6 o8 s5 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.
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; u1 I! o7 g8 u, E, S* F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.人在德国 社区- F$ H: S4 }4 D# l; M7 C1 l

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% ~6 [0 w" D# t* ZUS 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.
9 E, a5 y, ?5 T/ g! A3 IMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% ]* U) R9 n0 Y' v  I9 `. \" u
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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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* u9 }$ f% M: Q8 R; l"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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+ h4 X, z' E4 V6 srs238848.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.