[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。( F6 p8 D* @) `1 l# y
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, W) [& Z! N; A$ Y
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.$ [6 E. n+ \" A9 [5 t2 }

8 \# n7 {3 v$ e! d- ^6 `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.
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" \* T! f, O( v) e2 d' n6 F) G; [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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% R7 E% ^3 Y: b9 t1 b% [0 w" l
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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6 f7 F, b7 G! w: r! G, CUS 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.3 K3 S5 T# C* o) f! e; U+ T: N
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) I7 a! W: t( `5 ^) _" c
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区( ^  |. }+ ~1 ?* o% b) n5 K0 y6 a
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* V" Y6 @" L- Q# s5 b1 T, V; m' H  r

" j2 N8 d' j9 o2 G  hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.