[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.de4 y5 C6 V2 \3 _% f4 v2 E. ^: a

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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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; T( o7 Q4 @/ t- l( m  K. mThe 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.8 S3 y* z  V2 f' H

! J! r, D1 l7 B0 YReid, 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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: c3 f, C2 B8 O- \% _US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) k4 w8 {$ A. j1 b2 T
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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.
7 e! E( T5 C3 Z: I3 N- t0 I( C4 j人在德国 社区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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/ s9 p6 c7 M! l0 S% t2 i% P"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: t' X5 L; f2 N  J3 z: M( z3 P# @
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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6 i) _6 R8 `  c* O$ l0 q% M/ B4 VThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区& S# [% D* q; ]" ]) o3 U" U, r

/ D4 k4 c1 I. M4 {rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.