[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。' t4 i! K* l; g
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ |9 h  |+ x) F
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+ z; g: |" a$ N9 t! x: Q/ `. C. v0 d1 O
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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.6 Z9 p5 [1 T9 }4 G, ~+ h# F

* k2 ?; V# E7 r! T' f9 }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/ v+ P% |6 B
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 L: ^, K8 q+ t% P: A) iUS 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.
6 d/ M. W: [$ \- B2 {; f+ OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; g: i2 q) Y& N
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.% x/ d- c& i: E3 k9 t2 K
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 W# R: n# V6 ?  n+ z: E% o( z$ A
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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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: K2 U$ [' H  Z- b6 A7 MThe 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.