[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.de5 `) ]" T( D6 G* @9 \1 V

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' O5 n9 j( J; h$ k, l" q7 crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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3 u: S$ \& `* M; f4 ?$ J0 drs238848.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.& V3 n: {+ V  j$ F9 |2 R* t+ D

& `/ W0 F4 S8 w  }8 d1 d7 jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.* p& \4 O$ b1 T" c) p# X! ?7 A2 ?

* ]$ i7 T4 W3 Z$ ZUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# g$ R! R. d- v2 r" N# X+ u: X

" {) N; j$ @. `" AUS 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.. t# T* J+ m7 F  X
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." h& e; j* N" c- [8 @" U( ]$ l
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区8 h; t1 [9 Y5 E3 b* D

8 F* f" j+ [$ E1 L"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区% N/ E& h9 T! ~1 l6 E/ O
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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2 s& X% y( W, p. b, O# o8 j, hrs238848.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.