[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) r2 g6 s* }' Y$ E: l. D( }
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区" H) [" n5 a* Y
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.
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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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: l2 H8 ~; N. x6 e人在德国 社区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.5 @( T4 P0 H6 O: N' ?" G) I: B  m" I& X
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.9 Q( Z  W3 @* Z8 V4 u+ o0 K) i

1 l; ?' u. I; Z; R0 xUS 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.! Z) @! F. L: v6 A5 Y3 n; s
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.3 l& a; H- f1 C6 h8 v9 t
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.0 B) `" f1 |, R) p$ O5 t. P# |# i

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5 |0 X& r! ?: }4 C2 E( r* x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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: W" y* s3 h2 v
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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.