[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。csuchen.de8 N3 B- ^" f# L1 A
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US+ @1 w" G6 H# g$ m& R- c
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.* k8 ]: D3 l# l# b6 {

0 P6 c8 I) Y+ ^$ acsuchen.deThe 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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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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US 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.5 S% `! g$ ?, ]  J( e, Y3 f9 `  D
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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  E+ [# g  q' W9 M' C$ ^"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& x" R+ f9 s5 N) N0 g3 O

! [  C; S# I4 C"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."' B" _# j  r8 O  b$ G

4 \& H8 y5 K* wThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 d; K$ e2 F, A, s) R
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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.