[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& @2 M" i1 d' y/ r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US+ p% a5 N; Y" x+ a- `0 \' w
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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; y. ~+ |+ o& Q* `8 J7 RThe 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.* ~4 Q) `, I. _
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' N2 b) O+ o. `0 b
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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8 x' ~& q" g& V! h* e- M. N
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  h6 F7 e4 \+ h5 H% k
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- b2 N) V, r: i8 \

  ~2 B' z6 v7 O1 t/ ~. a  o  ^5 Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 E& |% q: @( ]$ E( f$ z4 t4 z5 `

, H& O1 \$ Y, V6 R, WThe 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.