[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': US
6 n& e  s- V" ^4 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.5 g) `. g3 @5 ]5 R8 ~: L3 W+ C

+ e, l2 B! x( N$ a8 k% f- BThe 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.人在德国 社区4 E  F2 a: ?1 ]1 B+ X

! N! P1 j: _9 ?US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 {) }( \: r9 F& W7 \% k% ?
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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.
" o: Q/ s% O: A' ?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. P) h; ]& j& k( h# [, L

, m' O' Y: ^" F/ f  v( Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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4 I$ V5 n7 a% x: g+ y" q; Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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3 r7 [5 c9 o; a# h: I7 IThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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* Y1 @' d/ i$ ^4 R9 @% M" A, lThe 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.