[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ r4 h' t8 a0 h: L3 V4 g
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
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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.
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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.6 }0 P' k% L. K7 L% Y4 L7 B
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区8 w# [4 h: q0 S2 X9 Q$ x3 t( S

  f) ]. \% z. d. h% c4 Crs238848.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.人在德国 社区+ H! R3 N6 g$ Z1 }. Z6 b
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区$ a, u1 `4 a; Y; ~' h% y

- x. ]& a$ Z, a0 s+ S) T"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 `/ c0 g: u' N( J1 {5 E
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."0 w4 H. M2 g4 E# d& n2 k- g
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." x) N: \$ f! ^$ I1 e
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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.