[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。# L! a+ M' U5 j! X5 u
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
& l; S( p8 {% O% c7 q* [. X( K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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 b$ B4 H$ x9 N! d: _  T2 M( }
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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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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.人在德国 社区& p8 j# k  G) T" {( d# g) ?

5 |+ Y1 {' Z( |2 W* q( u) S人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  u# V  N- P# ]% S
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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.
# L& m! q6 [1 h" T5 P6 |人在德国 社区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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' W/ j+ ~  B9 g4 l) O"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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6 m7 D5 C# }4 S" L( M: qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 M2 f0 q& U  p3 s9 [, E* G3 F
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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.