[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。& |# N" d3 ?# c+ _& K( B

% Y3 E' h1 W! m4 u) ?Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ b& q6 k) T+ JUS 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.( R. }# F/ s5 Z* c# N- R

6 y) D& n& [* l2 A' D4 XReid, 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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  [! H$ m& ~" A# P5.35.249.64US 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.5.35.249.641 e* ~% E: s9 [5 L/ D- I8 y: p" I
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" t2 e6 Y" l- F6 x# |& ~4 g( ?
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区- Z/ y7 W2 M, f7 B4 D

6 N$ x! y( n4 v* @( a3 W( e5.35.249.64"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ _4 g6 l! ^- O# p+ H
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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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% y+ i3 f" B: }% 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.