[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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1 ~' L' [6 ?" Q9 N: X  r8 A4 B9 OCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" L) o$ B) Q2 k( `' SUS 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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+ ^* z) P2 H9 L# ?4 J8 }5 OThe 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.人在德国 社区% }" r/ u1 r$ @6 @

8 N0 o6 A! z' @% f' }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.) b2 j6 i' I5 Z0 @8 A

5 d" P& T% n4 k" b) P5 n4 cUS 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.$ z# g1 t1 u) H
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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5 y7 Y8 ]( n" i* }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.csuchen.de0 j  p: r, T* K$ }" d1 d  e

; B. L/ ?) {; G3 U+ a"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区! a( P5 w2 m" i# t. \
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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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; J/ U# M% ^" BThe 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.