[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。5 t( _! E; G" }8 `0 X

9 T4 Y" j: \: ^4 p$ z( z7 HCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( y2 V  q. ^# d% E: _$ a% t6 PUS 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.人在德国 社区  F6 Z# m% V) @& @* q

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, L5 }) [' _' N, ^/ Q$ wReid, 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.人在德国 社区9 D# {- h5 ?/ T: M9 t! O
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* O$ x2 j9 c: J# T! d3 ars238848.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.
' _- G  d, L% y  {8 W9 O4 MMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., [4 E: O8 S' S: n. y0 d6 p
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 z7 a! C/ d, N4 F6 T* e! Q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' U" r0 v+ }1 i2 h+ v% Q7 r7 k1 [
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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The 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.