[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。8 q0 u7 G6 E* [5 q0 W  }* X& p
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区  o/ Z/ u" G$ _
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* w4 A5 Q; {- K$ D5 n- _5 ~; k& n

+ r/ W) d4 J' t) b2 y9 xThe 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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. I2 m! |9 U6 H0 l8 i2 OReid, 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; G7 m6 E) W' Z

% [7 i8 O. D) q9 `5 {; kUS 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.6 B0 [! I! y% v! k
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ G% a! M7 h4 x. p. H  I
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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9 y. X2 {) ]8 G8 Y1 ?* }. a"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区7 A& h& u9 N" l$ q4 B
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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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6 u( [& t9 P! @; lThe 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.