[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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) ~. z0 t" k" w/ [5.35.249.64Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) N+ W, X2 y) D* C5 x4 v3 x  N5.35.249.64US 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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; h' z- ?7 Z* n' ?# ^: T: ~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.5.35.249.643 \# ~0 `4 g: h7 R
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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.& u1 B2 C# ?9 H7 V/ w( b0 t3 q  O
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.7 h3 @9 _7 f' k0 J
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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.1 k+ T; q* T1 g; n3 y3 O0 X$ e
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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# Y9 k& O$ x8 A  Z# B% v5.35.249.64"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.  A  X4 ?6 B, H4 N; s6 T- N
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区' y" P' W/ D" N, d

/ J9 d9 g) l+ P& EThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: R; C! v8 `) k1 }8 @" 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.