[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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, [2 j/ F  p6 v3 l; x3 Q3 mCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" f* U  P5 s7 H0 XUS 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7 W5 V# Z- |' C, a

8 _% u' l4 b. ~* k: Q% O人在德国 社区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.* p# [0 N/ h" \- V% Y

7 z9 W1 s% b6 S6 ^) Y+ s. xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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% O2 V. Z( y. ^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.
* }. x& m& n3 [, vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr 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! S. W; Q' a9 a. `, W

* K8 q' t3 R1 g2 q$ m"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 X' u) w/ S1 z8 b6 p% {- t3 O
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区8 W6 i/ ^5 ]. I& G$ T7 m' y2 N& 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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0 I! n; Y- h8 b7 zThe 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.