[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
% N" u% g6 Y! ?: w" n- w; gUS 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.& h/ `$ z% N( L; ~4 x1 `+ {* ?
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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.2 t2 X2 R) V" b& Z5 j

6 N' w$ w% P9 W: c6 A5 g; gReid, 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.de8 J. \8 u# h, R" A
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.9 A6 M& e5 f% U1 D
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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.1 s0 Y" j# E5 `  U6 g3 @- v+ K' ?8 i
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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# O/ ^1 X. x( j  O% M"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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$ u6 i% O5 U  h  D4 n; G人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 R1 B1 {* {, l# r

9 J. z, r2 N; ^The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; |* _8 z3 c7 l9 m" f, ?1 Q) o. S

2 P$ @1 J$ E& o% I) [+ HThe 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.