[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; W; H8 t; ~2 a% r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US; P9 T; p  w( T7 u
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.人在德国 社区/ `7 r3 ~' i& z  P' N

- g# q. y4 p- O* K1 J9 E' GThe 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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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.de3 i7 h+ @, \" W. t- w
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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8 ^% Y0 I7 \8 O& C& L& Urs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
. j3 ~4 l/ @# ~! MMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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1 Q/ r3 J+ [. B! {+ t/ V  r"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.4 S) d, p" }* j4 k) B; P

; b2 Q* i3 L9 ^4 k8 {" W5 \人在德国 社区"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.
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" `: p' F8 R+ v% ars238848.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.