[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  h* ^7 }" f+ i7 y4 v! R1 x, o
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 m8 s5 G+ B) E- `rs238848.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.0 {: L; _# o9 w0 ^0 i- n

' l2 I( P) k8 ~0 y1 o) }- NThe 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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5 D4 C3 Q4 f& Q+ Z8 H0 A; q. \' ZReid, 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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( y! d0 }# ]) _$ w# L; w" _6 qUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- ~2 U7 T- H/ i+ |4 E; j+ x
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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7 o5 v, s4 b( j( U' O! r
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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. D6 N# v- a: H$ L. \! s( d& @"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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  X! H9 F( R, o& I+ IThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ w. M# |/ |1 U! m* Y- H

# i4 M% N4 ^8 X1 h+ u7 Q0 d/ T0 m# C3 M4 xThe 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.