[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 j2 g0 X4 N' E" aUS 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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) z& ?; t4 W* n+ oThe 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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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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8 e+ c1 ?- O- DUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.0 C# ?" W9 ~1 X! s9 g6 U
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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.
" m8 A+ z% l$ S# n/ JMr 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.0 S) V' Y- w/ k

8 K& q6 n7 d2 k+ Q4 f0 F6 @人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."6 ~# z5 [) a& N6 _/ A# B0 ~
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 x# @$ Y1 c4 f% D4 }$ J. c

2 P5 n2 J6 a) K3 |5 G5 k% k6 qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.