[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。csuchen.de1 Y$ j6 q: T: C) H  N. J
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US* O4 _% n5 m; t$ C% {
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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0 j; W1 [  k0 s4 f4 B5 WThe 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.
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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.csuchen.de& ^' a9 z$ g& `9 s- C
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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.' N" l& m% }1 I/ d
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区6 E3 N5 `& @8 [
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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0 |$ k' D8 C4 N  G"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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2 M5 b! k3 g3 z" I) y6 y$ c3 c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.5 v3 z9 M6 p  \" y5 \

/ F# W: c3 }5 z. y, HThe 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.