[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区: A1 A6 `7 z6 u. r: Z" d& N( _
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.8 K; F: ], Z: n$ C
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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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* i2 i" l3 J& x+ B4 FReid, 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.de0 u5 h1 O! B, U

- u; R& s0 H% I+ |; N! X6 o( m( {3 w: w人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.' _; X) S+ g6 i- }: ]/ E/ X

* J* ]  I. I3 B: q! QUS 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.. }. x' |8 u& H
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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  d) _' _! ^; c9 S* ^  L1 @/ o"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.2 L; F7 V& }: J+ l* y

$ G1 @+ U; b+ D! B0 }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 L" K" `4 E( G' V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.8 v. {. V0 [' n% I6 P5 [# P
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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.