[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区6 Z4 ~; J* w; k: l$ t- J
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.; c4 Q7 s. C' ~' T& x$ u( Z: n- t9 T& D, ]
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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/ j5 L4 m* k2 [2 l+ LUS 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  c/ v1 W; r* L4 `; m( Y
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." R0 y: R3 u+ ?9 W

1 g5 d6 ?- j% u9 {"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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, Y0 q  V2 S- wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."! H, M. F: b( K( D
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.* y4 Q% I2 e2 a) j* N* {

1 K4 F  G* G$ ^0 bThe 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.