[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。% T5 H% v: I% b- y3 i
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 o6 m9 e& x4 \9 @9 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.
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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.7 z( r1 V  J& {2 X
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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., x" ^( q: v) R# d3 R! w
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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.人在德国 社区: Z  {/ _/ T7 D
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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  g- o) z) F" \: @"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de; C/ Z# z- a5 G( d, G, e$ ^+ a) R" U
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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1 M9 ~: w2 @" H0 y) ?* b' Hcsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) Y) k1 O' i7 k8 `4 N3 _3 e, W

. h' ]" [' Z& C) r5 ~5 y1 N% [人在德国 社区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.