[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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0 E, x) C7 p8 _- qCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US5 x0 {" G' K! M: D9 Y
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.' }& P# _+ I, l2 t3 ?
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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.* P1 L% U9 B+ T. Z" D5 t9 R/ ?2 O9 x  U& [

) N9 J* c+ W) g9 a# ]人在德国 社区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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) a6 l5 _3 J# l7 U( L& [$ V
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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) G& f- s" r$ Z( H3 U3 z/ Y8 d8 J6 Prs238848.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., ~! [$ Y- W1 i6 M
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 [' C4 H0 `0 v5 U. f* U: S# \$ p
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# P0 ~* X- Y; n+ d  ]4 n7 N

9 ?" y9 _- Q  ?. B* d1 lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 W9 u3 ^9 n, J& y+ W9 }

! x0 D( d9 ?1 m, @2 Z# K& jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 Z+ r7 S8 Z8 P* Q

5 H" w, b2 K( xThe 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.