[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3 ]: L: \2 t- E: K: q9 f) L
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
- D6 Q1 P9 R' B. A5 W5 u1 HUS 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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: v9 _4 ^+ `& I: `2 q1 zThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: B' X7 I9 r, ]9 C! c: g' D7 H

9 n% T# G8 r+ ~3 c' IReid, 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.
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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." {; f, X/ T% S- r3 |1 @
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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; w) D& @# j* ^6 d- Nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! C" d" a5 P% M- S
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."% Y- f0 A9 j1 ~8 {+ Q1 T

$ K  B' n4 }, A6 d* V  O8 n5 jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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6 ~$ b# P) s' p7 @) Y7 z9 _. |, M5 F人在德国 社区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.