[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。
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5 Y! Q7 }  d" S+ {人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! B& s2 d: z, N' ]5 R6 E. fUS 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.9 }' v, S$ c+ D. v  [$ }6 w; n

% d" w- N% A8 t8 G1 X* \& QThe 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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; ^/ L1 l6 {, B1 H  R, h" M4 N) cReid, 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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: d: |5 v* G) j; Z3 d; X9 e# N% L$ Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区( H; _/ d' e. ]5 V% H
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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.
$ H; O1 X# W' D$ M- R: gMr 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."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" J0 K) u! k: l# A- o0 y

" m7 y% {! |* {! d3 A; x/ g  iThe 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.