[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。' K* q! S  D- D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US  R- o% m' e& M+ g  J' \( 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.6 u. H1 h3 m% A# ?1 M2 c
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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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, A8 ?- V8 _- K- }  Y# T* JReid, 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( Z& R& p; @) @4 _* k( s

1 O! a+ P' i; sUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.- b2 T2 W0 e6 }

1 j( R9 t2 k# |) j. uUS 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.
) U7 P) K7 p6 Y* _' q, oMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.$ `- s. e5 m* v8 @" B. s

) b$ n, H* _) i, I0 d"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区+ V* _/ f& r$ T& ]$ _
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 T# z- X. g4 C. ]' g5 |

5 Z  V# y7 S; m3 M人在德国 社区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.