[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
% S% Y5 d3 _4 h; H, p% T. f人在德国 社区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., X8 O+ N4 k8 D- H( m# b# Y! D7 A
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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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5 \% \: V( B& tReid, 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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  ^0 c% e" k- t7 z, _! m$ WUS 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.! o6 d+ t2 D3 `4 D8 G& V) n
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.1 ~# [! Y* O) ~: H

1 N$ B' G, I" R0 r- f! H"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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: ]! d5 ?& }9 e/ N# U"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."; ^3 K/ }6 a" |5 @0 B$ s8 v' f- N
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区# a/ X5 D8 T( J& m  R
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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.