[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.de1 v: U4 G+ d1 w3 f, h. D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ l: B' O- F- ^/ S- K& \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., l9 H( h" m, F+ h

3 x( y: m1 j3 V* F( J' b0 ~5 N. zReid, 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.8 {; P8 N/ w8 |/ I
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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/ z6 h0 `5 G3 ]2 oUS 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.: I! F# W7 \6 A0 [0 ^+ m/ N& p
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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0 ^% o, W3 R7 Y/ v! L# @3 H" F3 p"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 D; M! [) @& b3 A6 \

- m: D5 F( d+ ^% V+ \* |1 r"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."( G/ Z1 {; M; g+ x3 F$ n
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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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) n* `+ O, `9 I5 Q( C& }4 z% W- [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.