[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.de2 J! g7 i  ?! Z/ ?: V7 @6 x
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; D$ K1 S% e2 O. @- Vrs238848.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.
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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.( y/ V/ n7 B3 H0 j. e9 C
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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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  J& f4 O0 v' Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
' D5 n5 O' k9 d7 W人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 d4 ]5 ]" t6 P+ F$ x

6 X2 E1 Q9 ?# R" t5 c7 B"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 }- c% k% @2 J. T# s6 O
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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3 }7 z" P# g; z2 J# dThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 X# c* e% ^& {8 a" wThe 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.