[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。  Q- c4 A2 `- G

0 l" n: I" Q1 pCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; |6 C) h8 j! C! e5 zUS 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.) [  p& j& Q3 u
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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.  ]8 h2 D9 M0 P

) Q$ @% d0 g- A# X& G* N! oReid, 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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. i% `9 q* k9 e& s" n' u  t8 W2 a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.人在德国 社区  I4 O' H7 \0 l) @. U" p
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' i$ l1 c- L$ E8 D( d9 ~- @

1 d2 l5 l) p/ }$ @! W. S# R$ V"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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% d2 N# E& z# ]1 X8 ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区" I1 i! K* k3 z7 I* [- o6 }7 M
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.  Y! A" t1 H- K9 g, ~" H) F
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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.