[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。) F0 g  Z: K. i2 C& L; r. @+ [. j
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 u! U/ \8 \, X) V$ ?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., `2 W: e( \2 Y  U! d0 u

4 j' K3 ~' O6 \) Z! k' S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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- h! ?% ]1 d8 `$ o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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.- h0 y9 t* c! o. v' m" Q! D" A6 |

5 y* d0 s4 W0 m' @( @: r( ^人在德国 社区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.
% u" e: C6 U0 I9 T2 IMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 e' c2 o- Q) }2 f- G7 V
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) [4 u, s" Q- r8 }6 h. P: H
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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' d5 u% r3 ?- O7 u3 |The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.* n. o+ Z' l& V3 N/ T

* V. I* L% X) b1 a$ ]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.