[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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5 F8 v' s! L3 e! lCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区3 Q8 O- A3 p1 R4 Q8 k. Q
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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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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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.6 X* N- p7 X* x, O3 }

7 u; `1 n( m8 p人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* S+ ]6 t; L7 a4 B) ]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.
0 n9 s5 W7 ?7 o人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区& W6 @4 @* N: K& X$ Z

2 U# B0 H8 u) W5 H: \; A. n1 n/ _"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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+ ~1 S5 C4 R7 \1 q; o% c人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! |* n# [2 w$ p7 p4 w5 h; Y8 F. U) U( y
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 @" n6 x6 ]8 h3 o5 A1 Z' B
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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.