[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6 j5 T/ S( P* J; O

( e8 ~% K1 g: R* p6 aCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 P/ B$ y+ F6 N) U( C0 W- G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.
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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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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 H3 N: c8 ~; X: o2 l0 c- ]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.6 ~/ {7 D! {8 i; ]! D8 J" A9 O
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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6 V# T2 V( T3 h4 b+ O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.de, x- v9 I9 p, c7 }2 q! k

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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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+ ]% i6 `+ w1 ]. D; G% _) M人在德国 社区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.