[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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1 i7 [" ]4 @) o' ]. nCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US$ A$ B" z5 Z8 x% g* p+ g$ `# F
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.de1 k# B0 l5 L2 q- A3 J

+ d) n$ I. _( [1 W1 ~9 ]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3 a! K% `* l9 Q+ i+ W
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 U. K( O/ |2 V. SUS 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.# \& |0 J- d: F) n
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; U7 S" W! N) v' k7 V3 c
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* a/ s; H! B3 {  V7 e"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."# z$ K* w0 p1 ]- z% w

& o" z8 P% o! [! `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.