[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! ]$ ]( x: |" [! u
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US# N. ]0 k" U& l; s) v1 k
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.& u! A/ E5 Y) s% x
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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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- W! j8 R6 n9 c' f  f% o0 MReid, 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 H! s$ t% C' }" w- m3 z7 S  b

" j  h5 G; w* r& M4 z% C# BUS 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./ C4 g0 z( O/ @* C# g$ b
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." u) c) D: }; v! d  |3 y7 {$ p

) s0 @/ G8 y& [人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 s6 N2 x  c9 A) v* i& }* z/ I
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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/ b8 u$ o8 l1 R1 E, \7 h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.5 ^/ g" E- e9 t, {* [( g! w
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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.