[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
3 M# u, V: V6 j3 JUS 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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, ?8 F) F; N0 Y" F' Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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." f2 g6 o6 a* F# J

. J$ f5 l4 r( j/ b" ?7 g人在德国 社区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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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.5 `6 G+ I0 l6 b# H) r7 F; Q+ e# o
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; ^% ^" v' `5 \: z

. I$ L9 O* r- n4 J  xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! z5 N# s: D! Q- O# k# q! g

: n  d5 g& H5 B0 l"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  q4 H8 t6 D8 q  z  |( w, ^+ v4 a! r
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 r! o  G+ Y; F* Z5 I
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The 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.