[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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3 c* _# x) F8 c3 N# HCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! A9 p3 q  v/ M& Y/ RUS 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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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 @6 O( }6 u9 {6 W' z1 i/ l3 V  w
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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.0 T1 C1 }4 i7 s
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5.35.249.64" k; v% C! k/ z  R$ ?4 _

- G0 I1 Z+ M6 ?) z+ zUS 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.
" D  k; U* r' h2 ]! _5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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* h8 b7 z+ D2 G1 L"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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4 i2 i+ T  L1 e1 P  N"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  T% f, m# a& Y7 J# i6 {
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5.35.249.649 t" {- ^! j9 E$ ~

) J) i0 E0 c; K人在德国 社区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.