[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。人在德国 社区& o0 D+ G. ?9 e% C
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! o5 P7 P/ f5 f6 OUS 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.1 w" ~( C& a" r& ~& A

% B1 i' b9 b& xrs238848.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.
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Reid, 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." ?6 x- \+ x8 u& |7 M, t

% |( l. M( g; l* G7 w) s# \US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.人在德国 社区( c7 n1 e- ]4 x6 ^7 P% P! M) H8 O
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.# A; ~- Q5 C! m! e/ J' G

: [9 {1 Q3 |( A5 N7 `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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 f: s$ w* w* }1 @5 T' ^- y
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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.