[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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8 G" J* [/ }" j# BCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ U0 b* _3 z4 M" ?8 v& @# x& Z* b人在德国 社区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 Z9 {+ D& [2 R6 U  J, P2 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.
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2 ^! p$ t5 g9 Q人在德国 社区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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9 x/ ~7 a& Z  D, zUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.% o$ ^  _& P* b
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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.www.csuchen.de* L% E' G- Q# ^$ T& \$ i
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.- B# v2 }7 t' D) C9 S4 k4 @
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."www.csuchen.de7 g+ |- C- L& M+ \
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." P  L' {$ H5 {2 K6 |1 h2 ]

) x. v$ B6 f# Y& eThe 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.