[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
8 g  ^. @, @; b* ~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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 }2 s' Y, ~; @" o6 `4 {
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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.) d) s! L& Q3 }/ H7 k! e

, c: p& F: i' h. }. |- `8 n9 I9 _' ~8 UReid, 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.de. _: |) N" R7 n* V# m: _% v* d

5 f* X/ T! o# j! {9 cUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.! J9 ?6 c6 K; S* A) n8 U. q5 H& ^

% _! C- C! g2 ~9 |人在德国 社区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.
* {1 {  T  v5 }5 K) mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! G$ E5 a+ m( W/ c; R9 r

& o+ O7 S5 h  Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.", v6 [' R( S3 `( _
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.  I# x6 w' m7 q0 p3 n

6 x0 l, _9 {8 Rrs238848.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.