[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。8 w+ A4 m) A* N# H1 g& @8 S
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US: R5 H4 U! m8 R
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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7 N+ i0 B* v1 q1 C' {+ L6 kThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 Y* k0 G' e: i6 g

2 ^! z9 U0 I# Y1 Z9 s4 Qrs238848.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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
' W) C+ z* I8 a$ J- k; ^# }, MMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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+ s+ f4 C9 d$ C% s6 K3 \5 A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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."% [" j% n$ l" C8 A3 r$ g7 w% z$ \2 u
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ f, O3 ?* N2 H0 j9 W$ r
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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.