[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。) w, x: D3 O; B+ r4 K
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': UScsuchen.de2 t* ?. E9 r# z8 M1 `! u
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.' _6 O' t8 C0 j+ W2 G7 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.8 m: \6 G3 a1 A$ d  y( x

3 J4 F- A4 G4 ?5 C+ SReid, 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." e( V# o6 ?+ m8 V* a/ o
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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.
; L" T. P' h8 J2 L$ mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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9 V/ \7 \8 S. [- C3 p, Zcsuchen.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区  h. d7 h8 ^( l+ c' F) ~, m/ D
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."; k& \! |1 g' u9 }

1 N; ^; l7 q/ W0 d( r, F+ ?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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9 N* B( a# s* M5 tThe 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.