[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。+ v0 v' t0 ^& ]5 A2 l4 F

1 a( y$ x3 \* ^! G: P9 _' P$ m5 iCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 R9 N$ ~( l( X. |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.. H, O: t3 j# B
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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.8 a4 M4 w8 E- o' o, V7 k* i; ]
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  u2 \# A9 X8 ?5 q2 J; G

4 l7 j, M: d" \$ B& D2 bUS 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.
% v4 C4 w$ Q9 _$ d3 I' v0 w) e, Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.2 X9 G; U  ^4 W. O9 i9 o
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& _& k' g( \/ @1 J
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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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+ F! _$ t# Y  s5 n2 ?, _% 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.