[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。! C* S8 ^* v& w& ~2 G" P! ?
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( n8 v* [# t! s! z4 u" s1 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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2 Q- J4 _0 w5 z1 {, {1 o: W' s  ]人在德国 社区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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% k3 Q& h( G/ W  }4 w5 v5.35.249.64Reid, 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.- y3 F2 Y# ?' J7 z# k
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 B8 p: }! B) N  H% e
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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.
6 p; Q4 B( m9 ^5 X# nMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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2 l# I5 u, ]# k8 c"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."5.35.249.64, }- m! Z! E% H/ \3 L

& W4 G( B8 M) n  \. T人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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; [+ j6 G8 T5 e* l; S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.