[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 r' \$ }. k( h! ~% i' Z( Q2 t7 H+ P
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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9 m: W7 z. k; R5 H3 M& LThe 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.4 b1 H- o* B$ C, X

" W; v/ O/ }& b+ Y& |, 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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
5 H+ V6 J3 |& N, X. d0 ^9 n, IMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 O9 g! |" X# O$ ~9 J/ @9 q

% B1 X! O) h( ~4 l2 n4 X: a( L, srs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* F0 v/ x$ ~9 y# h"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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# @; s2 }2 A+ T+ ~人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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! o* Y' S6 W6 F# L' y0 jrs238848.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.