[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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& S0 o# l& F0 E0 J. K( e$ g人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US+ d: h. S( E9 A
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.人在德国 社区, c" i' Q2 L+ [9 k4 e! x

2 g0 P& s: A2 V" a  s( f人在德国 社区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.* @/ _. [# O' \8 U
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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./ }4 m! v( b8 X3 g! v/ ]8 o

6 D' s: T9 W! Z# ^US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights." v: i' ~, ?- o4 ]& D, ^6 O# j
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 y: c) C5 C* Q; Y4 H% B& ]
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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* }+ Z- m4 c( _* l5 y. U"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.0 r- @2 X6 w; S2 l9 z2 W% t6 Y) X
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 o' v% k& u8 T4 W* d

  N+ U6 Q- S3 X. T7 TThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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' R; g: u" x1 r% KThe 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.