[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/ X  a) ~: b! T, C7 u
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.人在德国 社区" X$ p) o8 L" e- B% P0 F* a# [
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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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, }. u: ^5 i: z* U; P& fReid, 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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! ]8 Z0 M, ^% y: F人在德国 社区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.
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/ e- h1 V% [) v6 \"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.' G% o* G0 i+ d$ |1 u9 T
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( g3 v$ Y& G0 l4 `" M

( `6 [8 \, B- I0 m0 ^* z9 cThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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6 t1 Y6 Y8 A* j, qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.