[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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# m7 `" ^5 x& `$ |7 t+ drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, ]/ ^2 u+ f5 ?" I. K) ]* U7 X% tUS 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.+ n+ L2 u$ w, K
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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.
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5 v' B: B1 \: g人在德国 社区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.de6 R8 G" j- o7 T/ X" A" v

* f1 P: P0 |$ o1 s, c  W' P; HUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" ]4 M; R! J- G

$ e  B2 L0 F. Z& a0 L' Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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& K4 Q) u3 e( e# y- n  L  V1 [$ Y
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.# \0 {4 `7 g+ F' J. I9 P. {1 |' K

  f. X" r% s2 |1 y; a! ?( J$ H2 i"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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9 G2 i; P4 ^# ~! T7 |* n# c1 Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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" |5 D1 G" [, N" 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.