[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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/ p1 ~* j. a6 f, t# A8 t4 @( o: urs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US- f$ I! X- U/ v6 F
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.8 }/ }4 h* f* j9 Z% @2 H! v* b
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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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+ O0 [% [# C4 @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.& p# h& K" N8 d! G

% s. X& W! y: Y, S' j9 ~人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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- C- M! S* u7 G% G8 o* l2 l  X5 V人在德国 社区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.* J, A) b4 v/ v$ B" p  ]  p  ]
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.- U) B$ y- l3 j' q6 ^" B
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 d) A* @" \4 \# b4 D' P
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 r. u! x  t0 X  q- {
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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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# ^, @  f3 C* d! s* c1 v& FThe 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.