[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。人在德国 社区4 q8 Q! E0 t' ^

6 j2 K. y4 L; o: q- T/ DCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 M, F/ p# w3 q& d8 r( TUS 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.4 \; w6 Y5 u2 ^7 _; t7 F! z
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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.5.35.249.64  h, |0 r3 h; @

& q3 M6 I. W& ?. T7 p; B5.35.249.64Reid, 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.: K! p+ g1 y2 E. w3 f

0 _! n. J. R! Z( G% l4 nUS 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.
6 \9 e: t4 X4 u* B& l. OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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. s! ?2 H3 [2 p% z: k5.35.249.64"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5.35.249.644 o; Y9 o3 E4 [( Y5 C

$ x1 a* j$ x) p人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5.35.249.64( O9 t# ~. z: A8 L
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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.