[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。  I8 v: F. J1 l( Y

4 h, y& ?: |& I3 ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- l2 o: r+ M7 f7 H* ?* C5 _% Q
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.
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& H6 ]5 x- y1 \0 `( X, ^3 _+ ZThe 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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; a5 V, H% b3 QReid, 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.人在德国 社区/ @, a5 T3 n& w& F# ~' L+ b: g

! [, }0 H4 n* ?7 k3 O$ Z; Irs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.) v, e8 D) a& T' R# ]
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 X& ]  e. U9 ?- Z' b

' m* Y' R9 s4 G3 n6 i$ w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.
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! O2 q! u2 F# A* C' A3 S$ Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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- ^9 y- w$ W2 U% E9 {rs238848.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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0 F; b+ b) `* Q: {" b3 W! EThe 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.