[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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, p; T  o& t% k0 q0 E* }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 M! H* D; w  \; Y. K& z1 [; dUS 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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4 e; g  S. Z- _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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8 n% l- x: b2 lReid, 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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 @3 E# E( X- 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.
$ M: w2 p5 m: ^8 R; h/ ?! pMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& B* [  A# u, @# @; |3 b2 H
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"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."人在德国 社区$ W% Y/ U- J( Q. H) }6 l$ |  F

. m3 h/ V" v  h! U6 v% P8 TThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区! I/ P2 M. {4 r  ^# t/ G1 C% P/ K
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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.