[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0 Z% `5 T! H! r: w3 Z, v
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.: w8 c6 r6 H+ i& P+ 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.5 [9 @1 W% h% ]

& \' l- L" ~8 Z8 T3 lUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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! @# u. V- R/ V8 _5 HUS 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.& q# t4 M# q# m) S
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.- A' b9 e# e' _) f$ M. R% `+ M" @5 U
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 @* b; j9 }  M' @; Q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 f1 ]1 ]& y1 K8 t7 u

) z3 T, J  [2 b/ M6 O/ |( xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 J+ q6 d: G  M( T& d1 l
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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.