[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。7 I$ u8 z" F- G! r) t) v1 B
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 N; E4 y9 A) x: M5 ?; v4 L0 @* qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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' G& m* F$ W4 H" vrs238848.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.9 E6 ~" y. A5 f% O& Q0 L

: O. g6 d' n2 u2 X% {/ W/ EUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.6 O. l- Q3 r) A) m3 a- \

& r1 r0 `/ ?1 p2 I: O( z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.
0 F; y: k/ u7 mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 G2 P0 J# [' D* ^1 J
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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4 ?3 ~+ h- @8 g# aThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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6 B& W8 p3 h/ S0 g3 I; \/ 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.