[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 \/ i6 j7 l$ k, `+ o" Z人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ ]/ l# l% m( a2 @) R9 a9 M3 jUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ I  x+ U- A+ U
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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.2 n, H$ A8 @: S% y* ~, s

- F1 n  q8 v4 m1 A1 o, ^rs238848.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.
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% |0 P$ ?  ~: B& t人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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" ^/ l, C4 u7 u. f: d. `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." }& u! K4 {8 `1 O' v
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 \* |0 L) e3 \0 S- l

0 W% n0 L- r+ Q, r5 c. ]0 k: z1 `"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 {6 ?% N  g. Q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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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+ q0 l; q+ S( ~! m6 X- PThe 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.