[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
+ o4 ^7 Y* c' G8 K" I& frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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5 y0 h6 U; H+ S/ n5 k- e人在德国 社区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" G0 N# }4 H! |  k* W- d
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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.人在德国 社区; x, b% q3 w& @( ~

8 G1 ]5 i" X/ B0 R; n2 W7 a4 Z5 y- T人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* r1 R, x: R& `# a% uUS 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.
; k# C" [4 o4 W2 x! C/ N5 EMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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" ~# K/ w% y$ z' R4 o) Urs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 q+ s% b; l7 z; \5 ?7 N
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( ]$ V) y, H( a  L' |! mThe 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.