[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。' q+ q1 G$ `$ h/ Y3 e2 K/ `. ]

( `+ ?0 h7 I& W3 E" _7 s* O6 `3 h: YCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% c: D4 |# t! W6 u. F- h  {+ RUS 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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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.6 c4 k) [* T) O6 d3 s% v
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ g( i. E: |8 d) S/ V+ w
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US 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ ?2 p; x: q. E/ o2 @1 H$ H
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., q5 U$ v5 U1 j* B% e- x1 O

! u+ ?) g9 n  @( A  a$ irs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." d, ~4 s4 W. S% n$ q) z

  r+ G  A0 j; x7 iThe 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.