[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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- \$ _" Q4 p7 j7 M5 r/ aCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; U$ j; u! I3 R: t# KUS 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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& t9 P, L/ t; G2 n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.8 }! T! w9 J& @( J* L/ L+ I; P$ @

* r0 W+ ^) @: ~; O1 c- H7 k. }6 IReid, 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.6 ~1 ~& U" U+ ]- V

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8 {- z, i# x9 v5 s, R3 MUS 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./ I& F' e9 W7 _0 H2 E
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.1 }; ~/ {( E- z
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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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4 p  ^1 T5 q( B( ~5 n"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.