[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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' D0 F- F( T: M0 p0 }5 _( @' Q人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 \& R2 l2 z# A' E! `" n
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.9 A+ [7 j5 B2 F  w
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 G$ B& `& l: b# P! X' U

/ u0 Y4 w; e# B" B& [2 SUS 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.  P# a; K# u0 k/ g, a
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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9 ]' l' `4 G6 f% w% krs238848.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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% u: p# b- w, J! p9 h- M+ p; Urs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."& n% ~; V9 R1 B& I
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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0 n2 A6 n+ ?& W- Q6 o0 x5 `# jThe 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.