[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。* A- m$ l- i) I' l8 t
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' L) d' N2 j5 C4 @
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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: H& y  S" M; a; n9 CThe 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.
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4 F# a7 y/ k# u  @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.4 a0 e# g3 f+ Y2 @

" h' w! V) q' x; s# E' M! y  v5 U& w人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 E/ M3 q- M& l# U/ C9 L

8 Y; u" K* h' d. g+ H. j# grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.- C5 m+ ^* p/ F2 [! {$ }- l
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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; ^" C& a) `' @0 O# _+ b"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* K  M4 R2 I* n0 G人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ w' x  x( p1 l$ H: Z! n- qThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.0 h% J7 k. Y9 R, q

+ w- B. L7 Z  X1 `6 N% @6 [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.