[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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3 q& l/ z. k4 S( Y0 z5 |9 X7 Y人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US2 ~4 C  l) _; W( k: ~& ]8 b0 l
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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6 Y1 O; f( p: ?/ [1 prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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; j% X- v  ?  v  S6 C, H人在德国 社区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3 [! \% ?# l- Y: s1 X+ o9 q
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US 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.
  m' n5 b% p# J$ aMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区9 U. O6 a4 b! E  I

6 @' N# n! s) b  M. ]- |"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- R" y" I6 T% r9 H

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$ D/ R/ b4 W* m* }+ f6 S人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.3 y8 f3 X* l7 \2 R7 [
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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.