[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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0 K6 Z( q9 S9 k; P  M. B" Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: T! p+ Z) U4 W/ G  RUS 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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& _. B" }5 R" I5 F6 i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.7 B7 C+ l6 f% R! L: ^7 j' Q& q7 g9 S

5 ~/ r$ v7 j. j  |) J0 o& ZReid, 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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# D5 V) V: x7 z' C1 E4 Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 `1 D3 G/ I; N
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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.人在德国 社区8 K* L( p5 ~% B7 X! _
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." N7 b3 v2 @* S) Z( p
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- f- `" Q, X/ ^! l
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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5 |0 H! j$ ?# F( xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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. ^: @; E, s) [# F# \" `0 ]) hThe 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.