[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
0 }9 X8 S; J: X$ F0 R  F  W/ 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.
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$ F, k6 ^. {1 b' [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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' O  b. c' w( H& q5 F+ m* M' R$ SReid, 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.7 U! x+ R9 R, Q  Q  i
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 e6 x, T/ u) o7 s& W/ ?, @9 z
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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.
% l# @# T8 V! V! x. \: Z6 a1 TMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.) g& ]8 p/ Y# F" u3 `

7 ~! H, E+ Q6 H) [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- O5 A' f" E7 b( [; E9 N

; C7 J/ k4 G3 b  M& j人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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) {( s+ {4 f8 k1 g人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 j. y* B+ M0 r& j) V7 t人在德国 社区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.