[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。3 \# ~( j' H8 z7 n& \' ^% E7 W: _

7 N& C! q4 m2 @4 L# DCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, b! @7 G; T( b  v. zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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; d1 @; `, W; V% }! ?* P9 Y) Brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.5 }' \6 T! Q$ {( f; z( C
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 c9 U2 r9 Z0 |& b* k( }
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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.
2 g  h; e6 F$ F" p; g; @* nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 H0 c- {- f& {
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. |7 Y/ a4 o4 b1 ^6 s$ }2 J; o7 v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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* ]0 Y8 y# H' C& W9 L& k2 WThe 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.