[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- A0 ]+ k* m; b, {  V
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US) K# o5 f* y' p8 s4 g
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.人在德国 社区) _. t! P8 j5 P, r' Q5 z9 Z% R
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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, P& _/ ]1 K, H) s
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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.! d( |) M& m, R4 ]' S) `6 a

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: X& H  r) ^" m) D2 hUS 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.
8 O5 `" j3 h: \# q7 K" m3 u人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.: t2 s! ?2 z4 Z
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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.de1 s+ K4 Q. L3 X1 r; n# O& L

+ V- c- _2 H8 ~+ y$ v( r人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区9 w+ F5 y: n' ^0 F
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区! H3 e6 r8 T  j8 |

" n; x: s  |# S) w1 lThe 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.