[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': US
8 B0 |! k) ~* {3 ?2 GUS 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.: k9 m9 y* i+ j& Q; m( u
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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.( O+ a1 j* y: ]" s7 b' ?

6 W3 L6 f1 V: ~0 p  ~' mReid, 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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3 R8 _* B4 t) |/ K8 `US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.( p9 f3 X1 \0 n2 R8 p

/ k8 A$ x1 _8 }' 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 y1 `) D0 i+ x
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." `& V8 Y) X$ g/ H+ g6 k7 m$ V

( d/ J; W6 ~) @$ f- L"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ c/ y; Q' y* T; Z

- o# G) \5 W" P5 l% w4 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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3 r5 s( s/ d( o) 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.