[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': US
6 d: n: Z; k  g1 a2 Zrs238848.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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& X2 P: h# c% {* N: _" }& OThe 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.; j+ B% }9 M/ {5 G1 P4 L/ b" n

' ~, ?+ s8 [$ V, I6 L4 S4 h6 aReid, 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 H7 N$ [' R1 I$ j) w
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区) I  |4 A8 I" W. T

* B+ i+ k% Y7 y' G! \+ _1 o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.- Q# a# n0 x$ Q
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 s5 w3 ^; |' s0 K/ ?
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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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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". `9 d* ~: o: a3 U! d) S6 ^- W

% U3 s9 |+ m9 i, HThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ |4 N! V8 }1 y1 T" e0 s9 Q

" r: e1 j6 N, jThe 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.