[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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! Z* d3 _7 b! ?6 Q4 uCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
& J9 D1 ]7 T5 W2 h! Q6 y' |2 s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.3 Q% I4 ?$ @7 _. z9 }8 I: s( H
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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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/ f6 ^: b$ T4 d4 Q/ _, QReid, 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.2 V7 S* v6 A4 b2 j7 U! Z1 g

2 S* ^. H0 a! {4 F1 \/ }$ `( s- a' DUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.7 S4 m/ N2 `9 m( c
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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.人在德国 社区6 O8 w0 ]6 c6 t0 O0 F
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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2 H7 F" o: R3 h* E* {"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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! [6 V8 y7 K4 h5 u4 x( o2 E* k4 @  }人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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3 X) [( h$ |) x5 w6 VThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." X1 k9 B( c% Q0 y" N) a5 S

  r! A) |+ U' z) ?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.