[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 b. X/ ~8 S8 @4 ?: n9 L5 \/ e人在德国 社区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.+ I* m2 T- i" ~& t/ W8 \! ?) R/ e

9 P, w+ {$ j3 A8 b- \( f& X$ T, R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./ E  a, j+ o. [+ _+ O* \

: w9 Z* ?3 R* Y: zReid, 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.0 o+ s) w; g  d0 m7 Z  w

7 s5 o# Q8 p6 [9 brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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2 ]: \! b% O4 NUS 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.人在德国 社区0 b9 z3 G, \* i( b/ n
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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; }1 s8 H- P2 s  d5 Z' [人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said." `; O" L$ j$ H  {8 F
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"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.