[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。! \& m  z" E+ r8 H: v# V9 i! r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
& ~0 H+ `1 G% P- l4 F) ?, r& c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.$ n( _) g1 I: @' S8 s) O* M4 A

% I$ d3 q* M+ O" O8 V1 G, o2 N3 oThe 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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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 T0 B( _& ]& C( e8 b. q

5 z7 e5 s7 \7 W' |* i& Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 o. p7 A) P, m+ U3 f8 cUS 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.
+ ~6 C6 `: u  x4 j$ QMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! F" H0 p5 S; L0 D: P' t. W5 y4 ?
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.9 r7 b  ?6 r1 s3 f' @+ {6 W
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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.