[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。, v, E% E- ~( G
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
4 P5 l; V+ _9 ]8 ?" ars238848.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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ {2 b5 x+ l* G$ U

$ E- n, w5 H9 N+ y8 l4 x" P3 AReid, 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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 `; Q1 t/ [) h3 `( y3 C
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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.人在德国 社区3 S0 J5 B  v3 v5 {1 U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 w  V& [, k7 ?& P8 J2 e
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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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 ~& e4 ~; D& B/ {! L& v0 C8 {

  d# p& I: Q' _8 s+ O& RThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 y5 z5 F% H3 R( A- r

7 X+ h) O7 N4 `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.