[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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  f* `+ _; l$ S0 J( n% D- [( ~Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( f& }# R5 S+ e: s' G& {: MUS 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/ D3 s$ D! N# U0 W$ n* u( k4 S. w
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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.
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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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( q' @- Q% U5 y) V1 GUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.5 K: h* A4 w* k- D/ N+ L% p
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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3 [6 Z/ d$ k; j" ^6 O/ a"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."
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. H+ T: B7 E8 Y+ `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.3 h& \( k1 p0 [
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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.