[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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& J5 q  S" i( G  cCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
1 ]. G2 w6 W9 u- Z2 eUS 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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2 C* Z2 D8 i/ w( `3 Q: PThe 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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! ^' J( C$ g1 E6 g2 K, _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.6 G, O9 F$ O1 `: f% E, X5 t

* J+ }" f. t0 l: a人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.9 x$ m5 j# m. y, p& J  X
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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.人在德国 社区5 q6 u0 M+ O1 F5 }* {
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" z6 H4 p2 M9 o1 E0 }

' b* T) A: g# y0 n"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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% A, p) h( l( O" w; S"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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: w5 \; @0 g! UThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- Y6 F8 R4 Y# k% K3 {% ^1 e; h) s5 l
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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.