[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。人在德国 社区! F; o7 G, ]8 ]3 x9 I
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 `1 y) C1 E' I; {( TUS 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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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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* G3 L* Y4 \" X% V# |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.9 j( p( p4 w) T5 E: C

4 t& H/ d( N& L# a* n, V! t人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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3 z3 r6 u. V" b5 [' eUS 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.% |1 k& \/ _3 Y/ G( ]4 g$ x4 h' T
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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1 u4 A3 R( g! h/ y. B7 @4 f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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 M+ T0 d: g9 O) C( T
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 X! t. l  N- ^1 x) l& Q7 L
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.