[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。, J  B4 r5 U  R; a7 ~
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US% R# v9 X+ e% q/ r; }* P$ `' a- ]
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./ \) L8 N' x+ N9 }0 C# U9 l) y
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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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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.- ~7 P6 v3 H, w0 ?* @
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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7 i# t5 r0 r- Z0 w2 PUS 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.
0 U2 ~8 P2 ~6 s. q, q  ]' 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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: e5 X2 U7 h0 v/ A6 m
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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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- i4 k# n. ~( I# C- y# ]2 m9 ?4 ?. a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.