[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。/ ]# Z: _. f) M+ e* T
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 g( ?: n" O7 _& @+ }: r人在德国 社区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.
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' O! n# e, p9 HThe 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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- R, ]( |; V7 KReid, 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.
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6 i7 T- G$ H, S人在德国 社区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.. p! W9 _- C/ \$ }: S7 i5 [
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de2 f! M0 s1 N+ A* ]

, |. l8 G4 N5 q1 {& F; d3 O1 m"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". B/ c$ ?  c5 K& H2 ?' q( R

5 O3 V+ Y% x/ q% \The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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0 n% }4 D9 G4 U$ C4 v2 r  M# SThe 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.