[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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: @- e- D+ u" P( R" B8 mCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
1 n( h. y! W0 E- m! V: OUS 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.2 _( d0 `- O% D; H. o  O

7 r9 J) k& A+ {) a) _* ^% d" Wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.人在德国 社区3 e* `* k( a+ t5 Z6 x
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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.
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# N. s' P9 O1 c5 W1 krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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" w& k7 l) H9 C% G: xUS 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.) f) g, C% K9 x% x
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! c5 m3 \) e0 y& j5 Z
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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- g% G0 w3 Y- _! s3 f0 ]"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 v) J; S, D5 @' y6 u. zThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区( T. s+ c. {  F; B3 [& @

8 P# b" @7 X0 _  v& `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.