[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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  R; y5 B, A8 y: Z8 {9 {+ H人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US6 D5 C  O2 g& H9 e( I8 B8 d
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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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.3 ^# j% W% s" q; s0 n

2 J3 n" y1 d. e3 O) q1 x人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区" M0 h( Z# i% p0 R
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.' ^, ]( `2 \7 h6 o( M

3 E0 i1 j/ j  g( |- {2 R" |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.
& R# `* [4 }) f5 k' z& Z' h1 x" h+ RMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* v3 l) d! A0 B6 d' Y
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.; t3 |# t2 @, K

) b, S- E  b0 n( W$ M6 \% s"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.