[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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' J5 P0 D9 D/ M$ o, h5 DCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( Q( A9 e$ Y5 I& `9 u: j人在德国 社区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.0 i& q/ i  p  S8 H
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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." Y3 y' ]# T% w& D1 f) A

* D' Y: S1 l1 s- z* M" x2 t1 EReid, 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.
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$ i" ]! ?1 i- a+ W/ h: eUS 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.
1 I7 R9 H) q2 ?0 M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.7 O9 h/ F7 ?/ I3 _
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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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9 L- [8 F* z7 o0 z/ Vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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, p  s0 F$ ?2 ~人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.% I- W( o! C9 T" u5 o
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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.