[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': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 }) H0 g) \& j7 T4 U6 K
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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  x( o8 Z8 H5 Q5 ?4 d) Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.人在德国 社区  V# B* ?" L( E6 I6 @
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 ?" l! o  a* e* L

5 A5 N' e; b* nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
1 i2 v' |) x$ b: p0 G7 mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区% I' D& l: t4 W* u

7 h% T. u3 U% d- Y7 c! j- V7 r8 Z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.: |( y+ G+ n9 u5 ]7 T2 W
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* x" y, Q- C0 i

- F8 x1 V& r0 G5 V# ^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.$ r( _$ o" X& }, ~

7 y4 m9 L+ }" X0 ^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.