[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% E- I8 ~1 d& U7 p
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! T% |5 o! o& v5 @! ?- r
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.de9 t8 E. t) ]' U4 `( l

" n) s! u$ C2 h: \# ?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.4 ^. |7 q- S. h) w( v
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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.3 Q) u$ q& I4 w2 T" n, n
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* e( X$ @; }1 O3 Q. z0 A9 S4 Z' d

: @; b) p4 |7 D  g; X+ BUS 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.! W5 ^7 J! `4 a* d4 @: p
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; c4 t7 m. J: c( o

  {5 s; ^2 Z" c4 vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.. b% _) w1 T; y& Q2 z& D

4 d! j( S! B4 ~5 H9 brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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  F% M) {- |7 m, B0 fThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.