[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! K% ^3 P0 }+ t' Q# `

& D4 ^: J# Z! z$ F1 {% z0 s& B) `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US# S% [, R" H$ p( `6 i7 v3 q. ^
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 O4 U% W# b) l% |* W' }+ k

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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.# s- s5 X+ D0 O" f  k+ S. d0 }' ?

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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.
9 ?* B2 L& J3 h1 B% ^, M* s3 @  vMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* K$ W, s* h* ~5 G/ {) y
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区- `: F: l2 |& }: ~
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& m- [& z' A$ r5 R* b8 X- grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.