[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。
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7 {2 K+ c" Z& ?+ Y0 N人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! }9 I" _+ W: }: e3 v" E1 h
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  P& G7 B  `; ?& D6 N
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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.; s; N1 ?" T, _7 F( v/ ^" i; V! M+ I

+ j3 L8 ]4 v$ ]8 ]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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1 ]& k$ r* k; PUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区  A8 C4 n- m4 i

( _1 w( l* }8 T) `; `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.1 {7 d4 b; h1 G9 t# D2 p
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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2 Z+ f; w; V) v3 T"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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, [: y' H$ @8 R"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./ t) R1 H8 L) y% i7 J

8 q( E8 c# A1 HThe 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.