[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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" e( f8 `. a8 P: e$ FCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US3 P  P! n; f# I6 u: U9 Q) D- C$ w
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.  B, r3 t/ {! J8 E; 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.) B* a$ C# M- v

7 Q' x, K6 |* U3 J! j) I! dReid, 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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" h) a5 t1 ]- _$ q. [人在德国 社区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.
! c' r0 l. w# s- _  r$ [Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.2 R( U6 H* y1 x/ @! H5 k; l

( t( s. g! t) I0 Y: Q"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% z- B3 t( T7 X  |

1 Z" u7 Q) m/ Q7 b0 l7 `, ]! g"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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# i. w/ o+ A( T% O) LThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.0 C8 O/ h% z" T, o

  m) }* Q, D9 T( I. a: C; Z" TThe 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.