[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; h" a$ }) a6 [3 x0 T
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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( _0 ]& ]1 O/ N  [) ]% V( }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./ L6 W. s1 d% I, \# C: }$ l0 i5 F
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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.) I( H( f0 A$ c9 Q; p& e

6 D7 K& H6 m8 C2 O) VUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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: g7 E1 v6 l- Y7 d+ k# sUS 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, S& Z1 H" G9 K; I. m9 Z
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% q% {# T  J% ], U: b! H. G, |

- g" V7 b& Z( d: t- \$ Z人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 i9 Y: e5 @! u* L9 l$ H' h
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."" A6 e" V! M6 n: o- F9 V
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  p7 a; K% m/ e0 C: v1 l

3 ]+ Y% N7 S3 l6 X4 |7 g6 ^. OThe 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.