[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 i; j8 K/ Q; i, S2 X% u# D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 g1 }" A5 T$ _* Z& {  MUS 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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' n, y- v: Y* t1 Z* S5 O9 UThe 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.  z: }' O" z9 u
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5.35.249.64- }, X0 B6 W3 |) u9 n$ G# M' I

0 k0 u& N6 {# W. Z  Y人在德国 社区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.
2 W! R2 s3 ?$ `% i7 d5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' g' Z  q: s1 _! L' T! v( c

1 K# n7 W) a8 [8 q+ n* c. B; w"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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3 \: J- C# a, w6 W! V( c, WThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 n% A5 \7 S7 l# I

+ F) \% [2 x! j' OThe 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.