[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- K9 ?4 s5 g8 Y+ A& u: T
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
' \' O1 w: ]# J- Z* X/ ~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.- R" ^1 ~$ z* C; D5 U
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  o/ \1 T' [. l0 A( k3 e
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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.de0 M6 l, H% y6 ~: d6 y$ E5 y

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) Y" E# q, \3 D# s' GUS 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.3 ^4 s# P$ B% [& q8 ~$ U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ h- A( z5 z4 [
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.# X" k4 j' B5 ^3 S

. p7 ^/ j& O# h6 j1 p. E"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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% B* Q) T2 i, Y0 ?" y% y4 i, k- xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.. n& i! C  M4 \! N( t: i7 h  D* x

; i# K3 A( |) tThe 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.