[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/ j# G3 y  v5 N3 L0 y- ]4 b

( W: [3 i! c* R, Y. S: F- h" g- x. l2 n$ P( Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; m) G  f. c1 K. S# h) Q9 YUS 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.
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2 M4 T& W8 ^) S! Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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. p5 }, V6 F( N8 N
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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.  ~7 q* ^* R, G1 u  @+ u, e
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& v( n8 O/ h9 i# t1 y5 h, ?
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区1 H% `' q8 F2 D) }. H; Y" p

. k, K4 M; w, i2 Z. v; y- vThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 a3 o& s% \! c( E$ UThe 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.