[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。人在德国 社区/ J- ]2 e% ]! e* Q
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; q( g9 s5 P/ K7 `4 S" }  [& LUS 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.: s$ Z8 z* Q7 B7 x4 ?  l
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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.1 s. y' A' d/ h$ l5 E2 c5 y1 Q  b

3 u1 B6 b: ^% G/ `3 t, @& z5.35.249.64Reid, 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." R+ g1 V! O# h; n/ B

% B) q; f, l- _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.
" r0 g2 y$ M. S7 H0 g1 [Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts./ T: ~4 K5 ]  w; B
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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# F9 i/ k! R) v7 r) S人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."- V/ ]- m3 N8 U+ v9 h4 e9 j9 ~
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 m7 X3 Z' L& @' ^; W& z

# e2 c9 P, L, D1 o. w5.35.249.64The 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.