[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, I: J$ R# C' k4 G+ r' D* gUS 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.) v8 I7 ^9 _9 G9 \% J, `# N8 ~

8 F' M& V+ E# Z% F0 P人在德国 社区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.csuchen.de9 \0 j& x$ R6 \. T

4 K' J8 q& D4 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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 K/ g4 \. J7 {% Y

2 K* l% V+ }9 O, r7 z) O& U9 K4 DUS 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.
! r" ~4 ]" R3 B' dMr 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 X3 i4 U" q3 s; `9 S"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de$ V2 ~3 `# F9 h  _! D/ B

& ?# ]- l! g6 O% r* }"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 V$ Z2 I- p1 CThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.3 |( {' x4 q) C% {: L) m, _" @3 X
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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.