[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。) t3 ~; [/ E8 u$ I5 [2 t) \! r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区9 |( k4 F% p& p
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.人在德国 社区6 _+ p0 l! l: z2 Q
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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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- O: ^4 S5 X# d. Y+ j4 o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.+ t1 z% d+ `& L9 Y6 {7 g
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 F6 d' V1 ]& I- @' l4 TUS 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.
& F* ?' U1 {- F" @4 ~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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! g: V: y2 `9 o: X2 {) V* R/ o"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8 W) e% o1 o- X# u% [# H

+ G8 O- M* i, `4 @# `8 v* H"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The 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.