[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US5.35.249.64- I0 L" A' L% t( E) @. l$ 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.
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& c; N% C/ i, r人在德国 社区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., Y! N# g9 l6 c4 ]' k" o
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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." H3 L8 m7 i+ u

2 w. w: X1 l# N7 R: v- g# qUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# v& [% }1 ^+ {+ j( H3 C
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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 c& Y" }: r, `/ [. ?0 R: W- ?
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5.35.249.64. d) M6 u8 }) _: k+ q$ n. e" Z. e

' D( Z) X" g7 p" d- R5.35.249.64"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 b2 I) I  e2 @6 q$ `0 k: w5.35.249.64"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区5 T' q5 G* y1 c) {

2 Q: I4 g; x$ b: d! C* i! Z人在德国 社区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.