[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。# N) g- R) W$ k! K" b
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 n  h( j1 G/ T0 @* w& B- C( JUS 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6 t1 B& s. X$ @5 k3 Z+ q- L
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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.2 d# O9 g5 c* O: I. n. Z; Q; u

% ~7 t# F' k# ?人在德国 社区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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" F: W$ k/ k2 w3 }) c

" p" A: `! U# grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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! L" k, T0 V+ y4 [( k* }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.$ z! q: @1 G8 L) [
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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/ D: A, b7 _) z7 ^' o; |# H$ m% ?"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. X2 Q. @3 t7 O/ ?
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区3 p' Q1 S4 W! Q
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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.