[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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# Y# Z; c. w% o4 y, B0 L2 uCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 F) e8 _: g- P" p, `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.
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: }/ X4 u7 y: Z2 BThe 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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4 l) B3 E; w; A( ~7 _rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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; E, ^1 i  d# M( g2 y( Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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' r8 q4 G4 z$ }- }1 [( S1 DUS 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.& O' L% _( z4 i, u
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! H( k9 \  P- A8 B3 ]3 m
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.$ X' V2 p2 K2 u- ~/ J% G: P/ [
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: ?6 z4 U) `+ j. w" t% W3 e0 V
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区$ f  z8 \3 e2 q. e( ^0 \2 i# `" G- M' G
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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.