[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$ S. H! c. W; r: f! [$ p7 m
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, R) c5 L+ z& h
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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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* d: b8 ?" u5 Z% M2 [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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区3 Z5 J9 [6 S' v5 `& M5 R8 p

# l4 L8 W& B) {8 n; M2 L2 N" hrs238848.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.
. K9 e, ^8 x9 K; f3 Z! z9 sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( R, ]+ \8 k( q" O+ M; R" B6 U

5 u4 E0 T  U- d6 B7 @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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* J/ v9 z3 d' F
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 D- }% L! t/ N  F8 i4 nThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: j/ b2 o1 H& v% u# {/ c3 \& `
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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.