[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& s! Q9 ]. {; W# j: v& H
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: q% S+ F# w4 l3 D6 m% O2 f6 D8 aUS 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.: J1 B  a2 @/ f- Q! ~* U1 z
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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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0 d9 h' g4 x  M9 j: _人在德国 社区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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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.
" R$ m: u+ q) c) q+ ^+ y8 z8 iMr 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.6 M* _" y! ]0 N; o( |' `  F
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."1 G8 }9 j" [0 W# }! g
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 Y% e# H3 V" }/ Z# k$ M- P/ U

- ^: B6 Y( c, L/ frs238848.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.