[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。! o- P4 H9 L3 V* E& ^, a

% M' e% e3 e! I+ n6 c6 \1 KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ M( H+ Q! u; o$ P3 y5.35.249.64US 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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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.
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. f( o5 o8 P! r6 g( e9 r# TReid, 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.* }: h1 n4 m6 V- g: J& o4 Z

+ r: u5 Q; k7 E人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区/ l/ Z) E4 ~) F  o
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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." s- z/ E8 M: ?, ^( ^
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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# z6 u0 ~9 F6 r# B8 K"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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/ j( q5 Q1 g3 n; k5 k"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  R+ B) Y3 g: N- X" M1 d
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: \& t3 N  C4 K/ e8 T: n- m3 Y

6 o" L! D$ B4 P4 w/ C# P' qThe 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.