[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。
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0 j) v# |1 y8 A: B' p- N. crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US( }% B% j6 z3 W/ D& Z; |
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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$ K# z5 n+ a, TThe 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.  b+ q! ?3 V5 h& B
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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.de4 U+ A/ G  O" W1 D- Y) j9 O8 E3 o' g
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ f* Y: H9 \( ?0 \2 {, H" R4 U1 A( `

& m- r* d8 ~$ @4 `人在德国 社区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.
+ q/ |- K5 b* w) nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr 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.
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$ d* _7 O9 I, z1 U. l# w4 J"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.": g6 m4 A0 ?* i- J6 S0 f: H# _! G
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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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8 |+ b$ P; Z/ A0 y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.