[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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4 @9 b. ~7 @4 p5 t) Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: m$ J& u7 n; X5 n  |6 _人在德国 社区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.
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$ ?' I( q; B% {1 y& C( fThe 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.5 r6 ^! [% X# j- w6 _4 A

/ Z, f5 T* G( g# ?. rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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./ R, D1 D; |9 U8 x, ^8 o% U
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.% U3 u3 m, G) n( j

# ]6 A" n/ e# r5 jUS 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.+ J# B+ z* C' ?/ n7 h* J- x
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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& B$ b& S& W/ j- R2 c& Vrs238848.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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% K5 y; q! Q9 y9 I; KThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ L" |% O% B' I) }! T! R, |1 i
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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.