[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
2 d" c3 |! \! R6 z/ H7 ers238848.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.de4 [2 U3 c# B. l3 S# B0 v7 i

2 l% _9 S7 ~5 u+ Q) z7 hThe 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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- U, s9 D% J7 S2 i' \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.% q) f' h6 x- n& k+ l" y) i$ V7 r

- G/ c. g; b3 K5 S$ |: N3 Ors238848.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.3 ]8 A9 r% ]- S" Q
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 I: `  n- Q' h3 ]; I$ e% m6 L

; O5 F6 S: U& x. `* |. ^1 W6 o& L"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+ x. Z2 C- O# k% h5 Q, U

! l8 ?, {" |6 j' _( W4 q+ Z1 W1 T"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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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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.