[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。4 b: S% T, E( t! E( h) O" D+ a& a

$ E; a1 W) b" O' yCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) A  V4 R- K2 o: O7 n, QUS 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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! P9 T( ^! `: }0 R人在德国 社区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." C, I9 }# W' K2 ?; m0 R
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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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4 N8 \6 p) f+ q5 y" i$ H8 I% ~: urs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
! a' ^# J8 T6 r* ^; F6 W( A. eMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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2 B. x0 A& v: J& b2 Z/ qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, |1 Y+ ~( N& x
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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1 |) Q6 O' {4 s3 L! N9 n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.3 W. N4 L8 K8 q# G: l1 T
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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.