[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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3 a! S1 _5 _1 E* xCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. H9 t4 Z- k4 T! YUS 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.7 A) i/ {8 o, i- w

$ j2 T( ~: I5 P- I8 c5.35.249.64The 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.) w1 `; X0 |1 j) o3 Y: o' s

. B4 n" O- d) ^2 a. gReid, 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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6 D" M6 r& |. a! h% N+ B; qUS 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 R  b$ S7 c+ ^! R* [5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 k  _- A: ?! w2 E. z

, s8 u' U$ p4 S4 P5.35.249.64"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4 E5 v' Y8 Z1 R3 w* R8 V

! k$ J% B' ?& m7 N"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* B2 j6 L( U% i  F( i! j' `
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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.