[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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6 Q) J- g6 s% R3 H. y# d7 E$ b; [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区1 i, L" H7 A1 B0 B2 B
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.人在德国 社区. W1 Q) V* m* [- n$ s% E$ Y

( _# p' z6 \' NThe 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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* k9 @  `3 h+ L; Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.& @7 n% I0 G' i0 Y9 g2 a- c
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US 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.8 Z# E, N- r4 \. g. @2 o
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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8 t' `" Y4 H! |- ?- V! j8 ~rs238848.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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1 G/ r! t4 R3 K"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( Y! _- Y; L+ e& Y1 i; w- qThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区2 i- N/ e3 a3 F" l+ A- }6 n" x
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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.