[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。1 G$ J& f- c; u( s
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
& e) |3 Z9 _! b, y* Nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' _/ _1 k. {- L) G$ e( V/ k

& @$ _4 T! |+ c8 H% zThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( `1 A: N6 ]5 s1 k' B

$ T, \6 B* C* f9 Q% KReid, 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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% w  N+ q( X, S5 M. Y" G" dUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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9 N: E$ u% e# ^- b+ [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.人在德国 社区6 l0 {! z/ a# P# M7 X
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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/ f& l4 f" s% ^0 m2 x4 b8 J"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.2 @0 {4 |. o* s! z

6 R7 _3 d' b3 S; }4 V"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." K3 f/ F! }* ]3 h# o

4 k$ s5 m: C  o, N- r! d6 U# o  u6 |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.