[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
% e* ^1 E" q! d6 R9 Z% F7 t& `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.0 E4 A. `/ w8 j4 o1 S  G/ X
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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." D9 w% x/ a" n1 y
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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.8 M9 b0 m9 {$ N5 l+ {" v
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区' V$ S9 ~9 m% ?+ ~" G1 Q3 N# ^
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, E2 a8 M4 @. ~6 p1 T
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 ^8 q' j- e7 E+ h6 z

1 A% }- J) _4 {7 L"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- V8 O' q2 N9 L9 T$ q  L9 E

1 v8 b7 p2 r9 }3 ~9 N3 {- X0 P"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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; H% [6 ^1 a, T) u' L# MThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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. B2 w* ]" N8 o6 _$ ^% UThe 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.