[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。1 U8 S6 e" x* `+ x( D4 Z; u

# k2 w! k& ]' k+ S! S+ l人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ g. x  G! \' |/ f9 h# \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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- J: o2 i9 z" c. b9 o/ ^" @0 Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.) ]& S6 Q/ J% {7 ^9 |- N, D
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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.3 v+ b  h* @: v; l& t; |

( d% B, A1 A. yUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 P+ e: B# F8 }; Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
, v" S8 h+ i0 YMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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1 u0 u5 y0 F& a  ^/ m" W"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 G: D9 |/ K8 k$ V) z

9 O2 Y; c8 }! ?9 [, a- p8 G人在德国 社区"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.人在德国 社区: V* a1 t$ p7 Y1 B  d' K
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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.