[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区* N% @) p  L/ E7 t3 j
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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" {. }4 d. @1 }' ]3 @; @4 nThe 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.de3 Q1 J5 ^6 J8 ?2 u. y8 B

7 c& k. x- j0 YReid, 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.# B+ \4 u/ `& K5 I/ i  W" P$ C

: a" c8 T& B" O  @/ R* _/ pUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
$ s6 e9 J6 S" p  vMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* e) K# L1 ~2 }4 j+ v- ~1 H
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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( b6 X5 A, p  N; Y7 l+ u  I

5 d7 a( K. d  w! D5 Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- j8 ]4 p4 d: z& `

7 Y& o0 E% r5 KThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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9 Y. E5 v6 }# Y4 ^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.