[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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5 Q$ P. {, e& v# w2 m; ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区7 ^8 i& X. q" r/ [  `$ `
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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9 k7 G" y" P+ e9 h/ y" Ors238848.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.人在德国 社区* x) Z6 T+ g# }2 ~0 L1 F

, ~" a% I+ y& V% k/ brs238848.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.
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0 F1 O' \, F3 F8 U8 p1 m' Y8 [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& R! T7 e2 j4 [0 u8 Ers238848.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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% |0 _  r' p1 X0 i
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.人在德国 社区7 C  o9 ]$ W; u* J$ g

7 V! ?$ T" m+ O1 `"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区, Y; s. e& D$ |. G7 V5 i" M
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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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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.