[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。/ \+ t8 ?# h/ Y4 N5 G2 S+ c
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
' [- s: [  L" R人在德国 社区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.
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* \0 _! `. }+ S( V! U+ H' M5 KReid, 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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3 x1 W% L9 T4 n6 Frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights., B4 \3 [% V2 c

" d' D6 V5 Y3 M( ~: q2 ~, X0 i# U; RUS 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.
7 e1 Q2 e! o; XMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! w  d) L7 a% j0 Q2 W

+ J' N/ U. z; I8 p"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 h  o7 G3 R: {- s  K2 r0 x
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 Z0 X. A7 M, g$ J0 M5 [  e

" q* C% b9 L3 v: Q: xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 `( G- e) o  |6 Y, C+ `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.