[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。- z3 G0 Q3 h- K' Z! |& T1 q$ ^5 H
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 m9 n* H: D& g; a5 W: e
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.人在德国 社区1 p7 ]2 x* _; }/ d9 l* T

6 {6 f/ ^6 `) B% \+ I) n6 I人在德国 社区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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7 V. I% H; s- ^! s8 n2 X* s4 B9 Y# oReid, 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.; x* p7 }8 i, N6 \( X
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 }0 S2 Q9 T, X4 a7 p* r2 }

  n2 W9 W% \: F  j7 M; B# Y. o7 J9 [rs238848.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+ u. A: ~2 |4 g2 h1 f
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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* ]# z9 J9 {" N6 E/ X- L" I& p"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区2 p& ?' A( j  ]( {  ^0 Q/ w# N4 D$ u+ D
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."' f9 t; H; A/ ?5 k
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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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6 K  M' |& p! B" u1 G6 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.