[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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& x5 ~7 v# h* p  lCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区9 u4 t* w8 n8 g* S
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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4 m/ T4 q( ?" L2 h2 ?) K1 _rs238848.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.
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3 T; r9 {/ n& Y; mReid, 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.人在德国 社区, B; n1 z8 d+ ?

3 B6 _1 ~; x4 DUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- ?0 w  X( C' Y" T0 e& [# S- Z

: C8 D" J5 O& Z0 D3 |. @, i+ Ors238848.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.
* f6 g; E) X# b" DMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 u. f" v4 i. t# U

9 Z( a5 o+ D1 r$ j  K9 U, K"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 N6 }& c2 i8 L) aThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.