[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': US- I6 a! e6 u1 q  q+ C
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.4 A( u4 X4 F: W* h

$ F: N6 z0 m* e人在德国 社区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./ f5 K  Z7 k: N5 r" Z. v  u
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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.+ d' a( s, z) Y, B
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.8 L# P% s! ?4 }
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" d9 F! p$ M" V( U9 e
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* p$ r8 {4 J; @8 T- S  s9 o* _" {7 v

( O, |( t1 r. ^人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( Y6 D, W8 _1 f. @. T
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."& @$ P  s+ G! B/ z
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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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! W/ x+ L# c9 w, @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.