[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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; ^4 h' {) e+ J4 ]0 ?* ?- b人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 S' M& Y2 h. U$ b5 K) q
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.
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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.人在德国 社区. t8 k- M; N% }7 t. |9 ], z9 O( O

, c0 h5 `1 ?- S4 GReid, 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.% S( D' u# H) ^+ Z

; q. P$ ]1 H4 Z1 UUS 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.
: w; ?8 I/ @) X3 _* d# r) ]% QMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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. n3 Z$ `/ q7 T' G8 B6 C" }"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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( L# M: N, ~- z8 x$ R( E7 ~- P"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* f3 V4 y" k) G
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.