[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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, a1 ~7 I& q: j1 I6 @' K5 ]0 O人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区2 C! _0 S3 g4 o2 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.2 f2 P3 \4 U# L+ q# |( z

5 Q4 ^" |2 q8 s. K2 M  ?8 lThe 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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5 A/ {; Z; j% E4 g; s; h  RReid, 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.$ w9 w- _; `: P

1 }1 M, e# `2 X. \3 ?- l8 zUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  k& w- `- P9 J# d2 X

. t! d( E. |9 r9 |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.' t4 ~2 v) Y; C9 ?1 u% L8 F
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.5.35.249.64" q- I# R6 F% G

5 }6 C( i& j' X"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  b3 c2 w$ T) F: c* j

' }& q! \' C# D; D7 JThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) R, p  b$ a0 k( B# t6 c1 I4 y
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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.