[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。人在德国 社区! q% _+ E0 }" ?

4 A7 m& L: T* w$ a  `2 N) t0 k8 PCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US+ v! [" H: |" W2 V- I3 c5 y
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.! u8 Y" p3 L  b' F( ?
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' Y& v2 `+ i2 F" c
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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- g6 t3 ^% G) U$ U1 ~人在德国 社区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.9 J2 S- ~0 Y0 @- F/ g7 S
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.# B( o6 h; k; v3 a$ X' N. n* p
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"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."' R  Y. S$ N8 x4 m3 P+ Z) R

8 M8 N$ j% S) l3 P人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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$ x: V$ r2 k; y) s9 F% ^6 t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.