[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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; D7 z; ?  v7 n- u3 R( x. L, Q, [1 x7 XCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
0 K& q" h, b- J% B* ^7 T! cUS 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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* H, ^. ~7 p$ V/ M2 ^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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: m3 N0 t8 Q# n# j
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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.
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: M- h  V2 C4 ]' }! U4 O  _7 s6 pUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# @& G% K+ s+ R  h) ^( z

5 O( p. g! Z" m( s) Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
, n4 M) A, G1 q9 N6 }人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.1 I/ i# ?$ b! c+ }1 N
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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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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.", c) O& `) `% d7 W( ~  V

+ Q& S  C& S1 J5 J- y# o; g0 f3 \" I7 brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 k' e2 \  f$ x- u! v8 J

) f& |# X1 y' Y5 ~( I0 X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.