[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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1 @4 T  U$ z- K  XCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 ~9 [: p9 J" L( t
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ I/ L7 ~9 z5 w5 k- p# p7 F

6 s$ _* G1 [3 U( Q- v% qThe 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.3 X5 c; h  T& @( J% i

7 p  m4 t/ m8 Q7 B% eReid, 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.1 a- ^4 R6 b! B" A2 m% K4 M9 Q
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区* G& s- Q( B2 c5 v* c2 O+ G

3 y% L' E! h5 E7 Rrs238848.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.
3 W! i- z: o' A; J, A/ OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 P0 [* g7 H; F% G( ]
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."& Z& k, r2 a2 D" E% U4 s
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 L% |' B1 m  x' a% @
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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.