[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.de3 n2 a& L1 k4 N
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区& [, g1 ]) ~, J: O3 h
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.. y- \1 {8 P6 Z9 \9 u

( U2 [6 b; r% ~; R& l) U7 ZThe 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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( e# I4 v4 N! @rs238848.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.: L" v' W4 M. {9 C1 Q; n' ~
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区6 Q) T; x% Y6 q% P1 ?" |. J  m
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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.
: u) M+ {: L* P( \$ l6 j" aMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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, x4 o% f$ M3 w+ `人在德国 社区"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."$ X: W/ ]- {# X9 a' u

8 [# g# E( i: p" d  `) x  x+ l9 t2 EThe 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.