[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。  E0 r3 R! Y4 K7 J7 z

7 n* U5 C2 k4 |% O& a7 H6 ?( r9 z; T* BCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 N& [. a# F/ jrs238848.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.1 A9 _( {/ J5 v; `: k$ m$ z2 h

' [. t1 N- p6 K5 ^: ^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.; F- o5 @, F5 [. P6 L5 h

8 [6 E, t2 H8 i- I( K: F& d9 r) R3 trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.! U4 m( B- X0 \' ?3 q5 @
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ e. Y1 ]9 V) C4 \. T; h! G/ Z) X
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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.". E' {/ n# ^- @; Z7 X/ E% N" b
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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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& i# K* B* j. W% L' p1 w人在德国 社区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.