[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 z+ D& p" y: ?: ]( Urs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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- w% K& J# z9 K. C* ^2 ]6 Y

8 t0 K% _! l/ `5 u& @1 x# @+ T8 C. nThe 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.; Z, u4 b# m7 H4 P6 S8 v5 A& [
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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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6 n" l% N4 [: n. ?7 H# k( l( AUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区9 ^3 e7 r. ^  l# \0 Q
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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.de! }' b9 x9 L3 r# C! J9 `- ?6 x
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( N3 u; c* S; _/ s9 j

) C: L# f& u+ o0 u7 Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 I9 L" m6 L/ }"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."9 r3 Z  n( \/ v" x1 D
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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.de4 Q' U8 t- Q  c( I! }% i

/ w7 ^$ B' {1 t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.