[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/ J  j' j/ g# K

( G" X5 g0 l( e: H" |$ DCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 f/ y$ Y1 n6 R9 X) O+ T, F  [
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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. s6 _: |4 p) U( D6 OThe 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.de8 A0 a& R- k, J  O& Z$ [
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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./ Y, _# ~( q: Y% D3 |+ U9 G

4 a. T, b$ F5 X6 A) n( hUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* O# q; W; D& _( R- Z0 U% jUS 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.9 f) h! m0 f+ {8 Y: B
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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. Y4 e, v% T- ?- \"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: b" A) Z2 w5 _6 f2 m
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( L+ Q7 J1 k" ~6 _. }

4 `$ {# j5 L9 nThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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% [  \$ B6 Y2 \/ `+ qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.