[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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7 P" a: ?8 [' N' `5 ^rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; u  s4 O, e) O# p% X
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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5 R- I/ y8 s+ U' U) l# iThe 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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! c7 y, C0 c' d0 QReid, 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.& y% a) U! Q. M

9 H+ G. J7 L0 g# q5 X2 o. G人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* U8 ?0 D; A. A! s, hUS 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.
* i( M2 ^: a0 {% w# A- y人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 P: G. B9 Q+ I& s0 C

5 N3 M! C; I4 |, h, n( `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* v6 _" w2 K) F4 ^9 v/ Y" I
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& r, h) \, I( S( }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.