[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- L! K7 R+ |( |: ?; }
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
0 v, q5 w& l3 j1 Z3 prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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1 K, L6 s& E) M9 {+ I' |/ EReid, 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.1 Q' v( A! P. ?( i
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  d- s4 k% `+ X: F3 v
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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.
/ g4 B% A. W( s2 n; FMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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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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( O8 O& G1 O% o1 m5 [8 m1 \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."; L: y" u; W5 v& t0 h( n2 \; w
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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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. W! ^" O7 c+ i) h4 q7 }% e! CThe 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.