[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" E, G) r. [" m* e8 v$ k! V$ \

* o4 y) F, R+ T; n6 U0 L8 B  HCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区2 ^0 N% M) U- W; j: q
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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" f1 k! J9 ^9 Z  M: s7 nThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ c3 G. u; M" {3 V$ o6 g5 z

- G# A# a- j2 f0 n( WUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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, Y9 s7 Q: t6 ~4 o- O( @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/ P4 X, t$ M, k. G
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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  T9 T' p1 ]. B2 u9 irs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( [0 Q- V" a" z5 ^2 D
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"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.$ H# P8 M$ `3 O* `* q

, p& {4 e+ z$ A- _4 [人在德国 社区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.