[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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0 d. e& v, S; Z. f2 @" NCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: G* O. k& F! P6 B/ n" _# nUS 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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# I. M# I! G) G* S- @rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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4 ~  @5 N; D8 ^1 C9 `. s  u" pReid, 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.de0 g2 l5 j# U& R( A
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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9 K! M8 U: N- 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.
" n" x# B6 C+ ^2 X7 o$ q' I+ ]" F人在德国 社区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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) Y- `; s- ?3 g

- e: t/ U; I7 a人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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" {$ j; s- @( e/ }% t* VThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5 ?3 @% ]' i1 S, W- Y

0 t9 @3 s( ^! D6 y1 S9 I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.