[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。* T2 U+ S) w) @4 \/ |
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; }# K! i# Z1 j1 N3 BUS 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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; x6 O: E2 {- K! t. n4 c) wThe 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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6 v1 U6 R1 R/ D( v' [7 bReid, 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.. M: H7 \3 x+ `; U5 y
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.3 ?, i. {# b: @: m9 o
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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8 }0 Q' Z: B% Y$ I/ G"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.8 F1 P! [. v; h
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 y0 V; J/ s* ^: a5 H
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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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. E* {( V7 s2 {9 B9 ~; ^rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.