[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& K& F) I: F1 l1 u

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; {  a* @  k4 XUS 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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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.人在德国 社区. F0 `2 I1 T) E/ V# N0 j+ S
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区; e; q" ^' A/ B! N' M" \

  t3 t) L* y1 K; T' y1 eUS 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" ]% \9 R' DMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.: [$ X1 q/ }8 b+ P+ w/ ~
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.  z* T1 E1 \$ `  L+ j! o

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% g% b4 S" g: `, N8 F4 V' p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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- _  R# P' O' g; `& q1 I8 K# C: u
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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.