[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。6 e% v+ A  f/ I4 G, R  j6 i
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 X5 [3 M; \# G4 U# \" dUS 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.* f/ ~, P+ W: a. ~( W+ [1 m

( t& ^3 i+ l+ F1 H4 n3 |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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0 g' z, x: t. o( h: nReid, 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.8 \! n) F6 Y" Y: Q

* s# P  o' ?  L& G" e- Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* J( F# Y' w  y- T7 M: ^$ M* k( |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
, u& Y6 G' v4 ~- X8 X3 crs238848.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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% Y- u3 r3 u, ]& I$ d$ W"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.3 m2 a0 l) W  Q% t& I
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区* b" i5 X4 i4 g9 K# i; {

( V% V/ y* Q/ q# c: J- l4 T# aThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.. t6 e- f5 Y6 {) L( D
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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.