[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。  O$ V' t7 u+ v6 \7 o) o. j  J/ D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区) I" N* d5 R2 ]1 n  g0 a; 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.
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' O5 F. `- L, A6 e( j6 zThe 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. g1 N. E! X3 O7 x
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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.
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9 N; d) n) `8 z: vUS 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.
! w$ Y2 o( P7 C5 ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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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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* g: ~( c, H  x' U0 V"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  M  F* L' x1 A, A, r% r' |; g

' J- |7 c4 r* Z$ p/ FThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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, n8 f, ^: a' l" @) SThe 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.