[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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# V. r+ Q" x: r! ~  l8 Y* B3 P% \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! J5 z4 ~- X$ E# p1 O3 x8 M4 QUS 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.8 z! d! r: n  u, @$ w4 ^; s2 i4 ^4 _
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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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  X0 w; Q( l3 r5 m" n人在德国 社区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.
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US 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.
3 s8 x$ @, I9 o1 v& g3 xMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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1 \4 S9 j$ d3 p; j+ y- ~& v"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) c+ k, d5 @" F
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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: _+ K5 Q: d6 Y; ^! c+ G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.人在德国 社区+ ^* {0 K0 G) u& W/ J" }* \, m4 y

4 @  `& y4 ?2 K* zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.