[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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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." D( R/ E! E- F( m& Q7 }) _: c
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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.7 W7 K' E3 T! w. k+ M

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6 Z6 e% I$ N0 @* l0 o4 ~US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
+ [, T! `; Z: ~" P: g! Z% R- _* E- @人在德国 社区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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3 _! a( @$ \( u0 b9 c) W7 G"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 A: B- g: Q) g2 ?  p: o8 R

3 w4 W- f9 Y6 Q# W! e0 `"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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6 Q2 H9 H/ w; t& Y7 `7 IThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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$ s, U! B6 \$ a9 V) X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.