[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。/ i7 B$ `8 g. k! _+ g4 _3 ^

) R* y4 p9 L! i, T人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" K5 d8 `7 D- G2 w0 b8 S# b人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区: Y; \5 U4 b8 u; [; u- s: b  `

' r1 G! v" {4 c  ^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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  s0 h. X6 P. I- a3 s$ h, W; u0 A
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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.. q4 [2 H/ V% G0 H* w* K

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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 b4 `5 _4 u# y- L0 [
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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* d% C( M$ e6 o+ E2 j3 G$ J* V人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.' o# i) R0 t( ~* A- w" X& w
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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) a0 c% D1 C. ?# f3 W; _' a6 t7 srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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1 o9 l: w* {( l; Z$ z$ n/ kThe 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.