[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。人在德国 社区1 I2 _0 Y% u1 y
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US% g9 p# q$ ?5 E
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.
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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.! p* G1 c+ j) ?

) }0 _4 q3 |' H3 V) ?7 \0 OReid, 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.% b. N0 M! [* ^7 Y8 K" V$ z; i

) t6 q4 M1 c' X7 H5 v5 S! MUS 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.
$ g$ o& U9 N+ w+ S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.) S( [- j! U3 i3 j4 j* \

! z8 c. U' H* N"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ n% o) @. d7 B; X. a2 D
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# U9 S0 k" f2 |" U

# O" Z6 y. f& U! C  z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.7 e: _% r" r0 M/ W: N$ {
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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.