[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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- w3 ?: z: n* l# ]Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 k+ m4 w( R5 @' Y+ p* b" q$ OUS 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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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.
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# Q8 R" g  m# H' j' Q) d7 H人在德国 社区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% B1 B# H+ T9 a( w; i  \7 R! T
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 N  i1 z9 {$ O( D1 ~( j! s

, x; t6 s2 {, `! ?' d! |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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". u  R3 d: O; O/ C8 P& a
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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% @1 n3 I3 Y# R& MThe 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.