[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。# l1 U; v2 g+ J+ Y

4 C$ c& r/ b7 Y# t: a: @) hCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US- A0 s  Z% O9 n7 {/ ^
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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: r" h: }0 I, V/ O3 O人在德国 社区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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& c) V4 ?' E  S+ U  L, q5 tReid, 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.de6 ?# o: O9 U( g0 Q- ]4 A& o# L
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.! j3 K7 p& V1 \" j- J0 n* ]7 G
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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.
7 l! |( J( {/ J' dMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; e. C( S: m+ P+ u2 C/ c) [

8 s/ h* E) R5 N* J" t"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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8 W4 x  Y- ?4 S' q9 I2 P"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.