[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" L5 G& x# Q; n4 D
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.
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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.- ]; J- C+ f" F5 c+ X; P

. b1 m6 B# S+ Z0 ]' z! c  P- RReid, 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., Q: |0 \( Q# P+ j& s* b6 Z
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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' q" a8 o) C( g! b; L0 V7 u7 P  DUS 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.
0 G" a. s% _2 OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& m6 b- R+ [- c+ V6 I/ q

# q5 z4 `: {% a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.
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  _3 Y: F0 Z  O人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ k7 X; k0 a7 k- p9 d

$ ?7 B) `. N6 oThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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* f$ A/ s' ^2 m8 S( rThe 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.