[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
9 E8 f+ W# O' X" v8 ?# F5 i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./ K9 c( v0 l4 A0 Z0 @& L5 O3 {
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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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$ m/ E) C; Q9 D  b: S: T  Drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.人在德国 社区1 b6 S7 s% ~  G# L; Z

" k- c. S. Q/ S; q/ [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.8 W7 @/ e1 s" \/ ]* f3 ]/ |
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' f6 _5 h1 ^+ |4 \! L

5 q+ [2 a1 H; v) Q1 {  D2 A7 H# p8 M人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ H: g: z  U6 m3 }1 E6 W4 F

9 R5 d" g4 g8 b/ M( P( F% w, J1 o0 ]"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.