[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。/ x/ D- I$ u' H) [2 y5 O0 q8 T2 N

. n/ D( B9 `- Q. H% R" I人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 `. s$ b$ W" p" Q人在德国 社区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.
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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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2 k, w, e5 j9 D9 r3 F. F# U6 JReid, 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.
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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.$ o0 y# X0 i2 s5 `2 {) Q
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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( c* {6 e: X* ?7 Z  m"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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& B; E0 m3 i1 I, d; f; ?3 M"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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8 d+ Z% {* N- M7 M6 r人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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, n& }! J6 M9 h  I# @% xThe 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.