[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。1 j  w2 M0 N9 X3 k
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! t% k* l, n: k: L, N2 s
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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/ K: ?7 X/ ^/ Y8 k* kThe 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.* f, Y9 O2 c0 [8 v
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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.
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( C# G$ A' F# R) RUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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3 W1 S; p4 F( ZUS 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.
, ?% T+ z" O5 F( }* Q, Y; MMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 y5 P  T2 M3 V& m4 L

/ g* J( Y8 q8 X+ S2 o8 Z& m. i人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.' G5 u) }6 m1 f" [! c# ^( J% I& E

8 k9 F9 Z* S' {( ~"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 ~! o% |1 v' R# I7 y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.8 E# y  t. k+ {5 t6 o$ I

5 [* V+ U# g, k+ e2 }& Y  LThe 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.