[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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" J' \" w) U7 bCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; r2 g1 f6 ]7 x, p# _. ZUS 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.; l' D# b) E0 E: \& K
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ f# n1 m9 \8 \  }4 e

) [8 Y% ?) K; S& n: P6 X( n人在德国 社区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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0 J# y, |! V: l' b1 u4 s; T; QUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.9 P: g; X1 w7 Z4 `7 V, ^4 W+ f
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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.  H* W# ]" r3 v7 _, Y8 K
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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- p- c9 m, [& a# z人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."/ j$ R* s8 {2 l; a+ H# D

4 k( K( z4 H8 K  d0 l! u- vThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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# x( D. q. t6 C4 Y$ G7 vThe 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.