[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。5.35.249.64; q* w  k! Q* Z; J, X/ _3 c8 J
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区0 t( o/ p6 M( ?! o, u' J
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.- w1 p! {: `' p+ v+ a

% \+ R$ @, x0 m! d- cThe 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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; v! i) b( h" HReid, 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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: x, V0 X7 [- w3 |2 U- jUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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" A8 e1 b. A) b6 ?) L2 s' yUS 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.5.35.249.64# c" @/ p; R8 b1 K, w. d- e
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ L+ p2 G3 `, y2 o

- x9 p; |# N, A  ["The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5.35.249.644 V  E+ _/ `& D% q0 e. k$ z. S
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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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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.