[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。& S/ w; H$ v( l0 i8 o( @# N

1 u) v) v  F" ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区+ }( `5 L+ k) w2 L7 J: H
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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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# T: q0 \3 t2 B5 u! w" F& E
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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.
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% S$ Y  X. |) K' I% Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- k. ]. ?: y( b" C5 v
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, v/ t3 q$ a! L0 v. x; ?
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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."" ^5 _! Z1 q9 ?* m" e2 ~+ d
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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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6 l4 P/ @% }" X  Q7 P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.