[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
# Y" Q0 X$ l0 w2 OUS 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' F# ^4 f* F6 b4 w* f- W
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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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; v5 g0 N1 a: _! Z6 Q6 X3 Qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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- L) b* O( M7 l" z2 YUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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$ @! F4 \7 P+ V' c3 w0 Grs238848.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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 N$ d, s# O- M* |7 g
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区  |4 u  Y! U/ I* w( o4 k2 C% q
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.; S$ N" @! p# g: ^% J/ H3 u8 r& {1 _
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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" o* [9 G' v% @, K# jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区/ N7 M/ L! _: U8 ~. |7 W# I. w5 b

) e% y: U9 }  @1 t9 o; \3 Lrs238848.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.