[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
, K& b- x  B* D/ c, \" n1 v9 l* m, A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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6 A  \' D2 O' L( b9 Y. h+ m3 [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.' p+ m) ~. T7 K
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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.7 L7 ?+ V" e' j" F: ~( o6 o
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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.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 Q/ c( Y* V0 F( ]1 n% W6 A
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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  B) C% H) U9 u5 R! j) V2 X; C" vThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区  D3 U. v7 _+ N! W. p$ J1 l1 i

6 H! u0 j5 W& K1 A' `. \6 e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.