[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.de& ]6 |( Y- C. `- N5 [
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ F6 F& o$ I5 ]- 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.人在德国 社区; ~4 a% m) O* @7 n7 F8 e4 P

! `1 f) H& W4 ?+ i( n) O8 LThe 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.  w+ e* a: z; G2 I$ z+ B5 Z* h

+ n. ~5 L0 u8 ]& Y  E1 f6 l8 \2 rReid, 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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8 h5 h6 V9 m5 t9 E) w/ p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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" v  j" o& G8 ^5 i: N3 s4 U/ I
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 P- J; X9 s+ Z0 P  E"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.8 H3 ~! G/ C8 I  S4 _# E
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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1 E1 t+ M/ \6 _1 [7 J人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ N& O6 V1 {) \3 }  j- Q- ]; s

+ Y; [; E) u7 I; E8 Y* B* m( hThe 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.