[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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* `4 V4 s- Q5 |Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: h" \( |! G6 }- {4 H/ D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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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.# I$ ?& o' @1 f# Z( |  L. o: s

" G* m0 o2 p/ l9 G( N1 p& nReid, 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.; F" `7 J. M. c2 N' ]) g' N7 m

# y+ Q4 n& [9 qUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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" b/ u6 v" O! {( P! }" ~: A5 O人在德国 社区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.
. k: w! m, [8 w  F) p+ H/ H# `2 hMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; _8 Z2 M5 g5 A
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ @! A" K6 b  i; n2 f

; e+ H6 T% B* I& x  w0 }"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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; y. k6 Z5 @0 E4 x6 A9 W- d1 FThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 e  r( s7 y4 o* Y4 V6 y
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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.