[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': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* b) A* E( E( L$ x3 y' i3 d" l
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.5 k* ?* F; {2 ~
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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.
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. K& t5 ^0 _* J& _& gReid, 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.
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7 [* ]. x5 k- j. l' RUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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; ]. F. F: Z8 l" x4 m3 w' JUS 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.4 a, p7 N9 [2 {, p' ]: J. o* h
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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. Q1 W6 W  K/ l& X"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said., |  W( x- ]. a* y
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. y8 O# \1 C  {: \1 A/ M/ q人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.9 X' M( G4 ^& j4 i2 p3 Y( Q

5 a& |7 L  O4 J% q) Wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.