[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# S% ~( f6 M* b, m2 c& ?

) @- O! d8 K) D; p) _Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 q% l  y% n. E5 W3 D2 r+ {, V2 BUS 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./ W: w& b4 q' D$ f" H4 s
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* o( {8 L: I, G" S
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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# X$ D" u! H' t& O2 I/ `# GUS 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: A6 e  r: w% `
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.$ o9 C0 @0 t3 L$ l# u, q7 d. `+ Z) W

( O; ?7 l6 n: k8 V7 g, G"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.( K2 T% d* y  @. C2 D2 {8 h( g

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8 s* q5 w/ Y. o; ]- b/ iThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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. X2 e# _) c$ k! a7 R# k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.