[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。( ~/ S2 C3 p4 `; h4 h' u
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" v; e7 d4 @) |. Y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.
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* p3 b! w: h  O  M+ v5 w* D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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& z) R$ Z) Z  @" M9 j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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 q' ?4 j8 ]: Y- F
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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./ d0 Q/ J* |; z! S& r& m
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 N) b# S% G2 Q) _! H

1 n$ Q* E" }: u- b& W"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.# Y  R8 V" G- V# f6 A
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& F" _* _/ i8 v9 Y' l0 MThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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; _* {5 `  J! i- Z& a% M+ 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.