[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
0 \4 T6 ]  p; ^6 R, w) SUS 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.' |4 q9 x9 |0 v& R

1 m0 k7 D. Q( _$ z) E5 cThe 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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) U9 P& `& t/ l. {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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.; O0 q2 r+ \3 D: F* n
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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.人在德国 社区+ t1 o5 {5 y7 i) N9 Y5 h0 Z2 e8 v2 U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区/ |0 L, W; e4 n5 M5 ]

: t2 }& B# n9 Z2 M"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.+ c3 x( Y( K: R5 T' k" _
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 L# q- d  c$ {! S9 T
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 O& B1 h) \, g, `

7 |  _0 |# s4 KThe 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.