[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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8 C  w2 n. |7 j5 e) ~Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" x0 X1 n  M: l) D+ Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.. c5 F/ U5 v) J% i
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 v9 t1 F: ?, u; m" C& S

: v3 i( B4 b: r6 p' [US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.8 S. j0 N5 Z$ I% I2 U& Z8 e

% v3 v# g* A7 g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.
) {, }# h  h7 GMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( X  x: M5 @! x* y8 b

7 g" v+ j5 p/ ]"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."
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# ]" {7 ?- _2 A, p7 \9 t3 J# vThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters., K: L. B3 \) o" W9 D0 H# I8 R" S

" H) A7 Q6 |- U" r) E( D1 CThe 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.