[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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8 m) A0 L: U, F/ ^* W1 [: L人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 x; |/ l, T+ Yrs238848.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.# z  X2 P' d( E6 f
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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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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.
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7 X: I: b7 G% T% Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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4 a6 Q0 f9 C* H2 UUS 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1 r- d  K' T; I- }0 ?7 c/ m: _3 L. X
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ L% p% m6 M: _8 A1 |% U$ ]

+ U0 z, |1 s( P3 U. I  E, r: mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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9 |5 w* D5 w( Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 `0 E9 u  s; p+ E) w+ G; r

' V; a, B8 a9 ^0 M/ E$ {0 zThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.! W3 \/ |6 [4 _; k

7 z2 \! O$ g7 G) H* |# R2 L" r' L7 aThe 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.