[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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- j( }. N6 G) z

; h) {8 q7 o* y$ v: M; R% W/ K  ?- t+ d7 eThe 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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6 S- }  x; k; S9 e0 Q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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2 ^9 X+ R7 F& a! F4 _1 @! aUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! J9 b/ C+ T. r. i1 ?/ c
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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.
4 p. P, w$ K) @' d3 MMr 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.% O8 i+ T% Z' E, w" J) O, i. q$ B6 d+ [

8 r1 V) p1 d+ W2 g/ c$ g3 A+ i"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( B% R8 B/ y/ F8 b, xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.# u: ]8 x5 j) u# s0 e
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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.