[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& \! k( C+ ^7 S

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: Q2 }  t2 ?7 ?  e8 ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
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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.: i! k# Q  I% T' C9 m

! C2 A4 _% h% r: i, MUS 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." Z9 |" V- E& h7 J3 b
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; C' Q, R- w. I) b$ t3 W* n2 n8 F$ a$ ^

! r; q& A' m$ ?/ Z* [4 o; ~: o) x4 d5 X"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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+ Q4 `" w! Y( z+ u) `% O8 x- F"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区+ d* T" J9 [: p. I+ g$ Q* f" B# ^
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.2 u  h8 ]! O; v9 C2 E! m. Q
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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.