[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人在德国 社区8 j7 X/ R# ~: B2 G- \
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ L7 J" X  i0 ]* T& G' q
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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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3 K9 |! a1 F+ @; Z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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! R* }" D1 ?& |$ g$ S6 L# O$ u

1 |# d9 I: b" Y+ g5 |人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, Y% h; s+ m# W5 b
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 _  l: S" [' `0 _6 d! d+ P( Z- q
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." d5 V2 J+ I8 |# k

9 s" y$ G% R+ Q- O/ Z"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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$ @) a+ E) C+ ~: h. t& Q"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' k, U4 K7 v5 e7 o* t- N
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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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& l" j% z$ M+ V+ X. @; l6 K人在德国 社区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.