[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 `2 O5 \" t: n
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: _6 C6 `6 ^4 q) ~$ }, W( wUS 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.de8 H9 b8 V2 X. @3 Y5 F
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 d% r3 `& {& l: }% a  d9 ]

3 ~6 l4 r$ i2 k: {) Z" \; e' P, WUS 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.
+ M/ \  f7 Q$ j) G& \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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"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."  A) g4 |6 p! [9 z$ F
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." t! ?; \+ a' u  Z) X4 |; s

% ^+ j7 X. ]0 h9 f% K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.