[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
, Z! s5 \( s. }2 K7 N8 B人在德国 社区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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3 R& n9 g- W* J, ?9 o! c# O; HThe 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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- U, h% w0 @/ N: S+ ^( R4 a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.7 v. L7 g2 P2 d  u- ~
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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$ c. s4 ~* W0 f: F4 DUS 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.
& U* V) d: I( ?7 H" ]人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; ]5 U  w1 u# Q

& V$ `, G5 b) p, ~"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.0 `( t4 c- D4 R) s

' j: }1 M* ?1 b% }" Q& x"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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' Z5 t* m6 T% Z2 C% B+ wThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; O" h! Z! F& L( K" ^& q% H

( n7 w- ^4 _& F" [) Y5 [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.