[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 D+ L6 Q+ M+ N" B3 m+ }: y& c

( _, S, q6 I9 a, ~8 ~Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ G. N$ `0 V+ v2 H& H/ Y6 AUS 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.csuchen.de7 a# K" y+ O3 N: ?! D' [$ }6 r! v! t
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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./ x/ i3 ?! X2 w7 F( x

( k7 i# Z! @" @! nReid, 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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- x+ n% t: n" p/ q0 hUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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$ }* p9 D5 i( Z2 g) x1 Z) g) ]人在德国 社区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.4 ?6 G/ w* x: M- d( U
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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; U1 r: O" s$ n5 s4 M3 `( }* ~"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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* ?0 E7 I' P2 u0 F. Ocsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.( q! W) q' h; `/ s; p5 }1 M+ g& a0 b
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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.