[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。
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': UScsuchen.de: \9 _' C& q) _8 Z/ P
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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3 Q2 `3 a) q* |4 s9 x. |0 r3 ^1 N; bThe 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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; c$ w& ]& G4 Q" ]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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- Z+ y+ i9 b2 [US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.csuchen.de0 J, w0 u1 e) O+ y4 [5 G

! f. L- p4 L6 V/ U0 X# y, e, eUS 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 n+ Z- y  Z" @% D7 }* u" @Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! n" p! K1 @: h. R% d; s

5 V  p+ e/ q0 ^/ F3 @"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: A9 {5 Q: g% e+ i: f

9 R  E' F7 M! Y+ x+ b$ D, A"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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# ?: q6 N, |! s7 g: d& o% D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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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.