[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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" A# B3 }% Q* d' x- V# i$ q人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ Q; x# r: i- YUS 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.. I' `" ^4 c! Q

6 I0 `/ \/ @' t4 n. h6 b- H人在德国 社区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.) N+ C6 X7 Y: ^* S  T* F6 W; a2 o

% J/ s" ~( d4 T& F9 QReid, 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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& r9 L( x* j+ B) q" b5 O) u
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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.
7 q3 i0 h9 }7 q4 o/ c- sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区& C5 ^, f7 ]6 J. y  R  F1 m) v6 w

. E' L0 F2 z) m- c"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.. F6 f. {- H1 _4 o3 q2 V5 s

  e7 N3 T, S+ r  }, W' K. T"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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- l4 H8 d  e/ r  y( P- R2 zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.* _( z: F( g. H3 G& ]. g1 n) K

! ]8 L( \; y# c7 T8 z& OThe 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.