[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。9 t7 M$ D. L& n2 D, l' i0 `/ q1 ~
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ S" O/ O, m4 {; u
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.$ v% M& G0 l& S
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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.de2 z: }2 R- X) A, w# 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.+ N/ ^- b6 g9 F. O1 _6 {
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& i$ I, H* e& n  Y9 N& l

8 t0 _. R- t6 m  b7 |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.
& g+ O; B. x% S9 _人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5 c) w+ h. D6 u  A
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 m. k( z: U1 b/ b3 c+ n

  B: ]! t6 r) ^' C; R"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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' Z' i+ B7 j2 O9 mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.