[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.de1 K+ ]. U3 T7 P; v( I- B
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# \8 B% D) ?, n8 w% l! v

& {: Y" X/ U: U! x4 U' e人在德国 社区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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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' r  I* p$ v9 b0 v! o8 }; R

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) z! x0 l! E+ F/ R. y* M% AUS 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.
7 `' g; K, l; H; c" }5 QMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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/ a+ M4 ^1 L0 x" f3 f4 _# g"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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8 T( o! Y" P& b! O1 z' B人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 ^6 J8 x6 G5 s' H1 F
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: R# @- x% c4 L/ J/ u% m
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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.