[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( u0 H+ M" Q# D) u8 O

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7 R- Y+ e7 n2 Z( Q. n( K  G4 grs238848.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.( q9 p' U) l& @4 b0 N
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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.- z8 A2 x/ }+ o  A$ M) X0 v$ d
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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- ^4 d8 j/ c! q3 f1 E. w& C
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 a' {/ O/ q7 `: `, V  n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., [6 G/ A) I( @9 X! M% \# b
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 R' y/ D/ u+ q
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.4 |" ]) f+ W1 w6 b1 W# Z0 e
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 i8 B6 e+ i4 D/ b' X3 B, C

: _) l) w8 h6 @$ ?: x1 NThe 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.