[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2 q# t* R: k0 ?6 f  ~8 f
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( M3 j0 c' r8 {. h! {0 }# |" ^人在德国 社区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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8 h5 X! d6 F- y8 crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 p# E/ O( S: T/ W% j6 f* |

' A: W4 T- D0 k3 YUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.: x; x$ e6 Q: K& T
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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.% O" O! v1 X& y( f: j
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& n$ ]. h. f' y
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."' I- C0 p  z7 g- q0 ?+ [

6 n6 H5 l; w& Z8 {! o) Q! M$ w! H人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.. A# A; p8 O  ~  c/ s* J( e

: y0 g  ^4 o% c& l- n) _6 Z; tThe 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.