[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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  R4 L( d5 o' U8 frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 w) m3 S% j& R1 \. [1 y$ S
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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0 V4 `! |' }. h, q+ m$ a& ?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.1 x/ L7 U5 z% l8 ]0 O: r9 W
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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.# @- A' c/ h8 d: [8 n/ j/ ]

" m+ o# F" X' m4 C- _2 jUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 K0 L4 y* `/ I- ?7 u1 H- \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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4 n. d* |) |1 a4 o) B9 k
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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( F! `$ a1 f. T" X4 V. q; r"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区, f/ [- @1 w! k# }7 l1 |4 `, P

" |& f6 }2 l8 G+ Q% y6 A"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."+ p- K' T( z; L2 M

( I6 C  z9 K3 }1 F5 ^The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.! {& x5 q; k8 h1 T
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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.