[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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1 O( [) v/ l! J6 C# [1 y& }+ UCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) j/ a3 o0 s* r# j人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区, S2 |* e3 D' ?. I0 F4 [9 ^) K
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The 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.) C$ T7 m6 g- Y$ v' p
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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.人在德国 社区4 g+ R5 u; f0 d) `( [7 z; [8 ~6 ^

8 k7 d# E- G5 z# @1 ~人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  x4 B# L: O. q3 f# k% h* p0 ]

& ?  ~4 Q# R: z6 h3 }* Qrs238848.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.& o5 Y8 B: P% }/ I7 |& O) O
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  q5 H: o1 E8 b$ I0 \8 b

3 Z* ~9 x+ P& k! d5 T& l"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."人在德国 社区7 ?$ j+ @8 J8 n( K' j

" u% k6 |9 [6 O3 K3 P% S# wThe 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.