[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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9 E3 g! Y% b8 }0 ^& G* z6 z8 KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US' \6 w/ z* T) I. ^) E* G# q4 f
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.7 V' J0 ~0 d% Q) a  x
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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.
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7 T2 j4 B* N% x2 {* t: O+ r( f1 sReid, 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.; @5 ~# f# J2 S2 B. Z2 w  |/ F
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 E: N) Y2 _! A7 q7 P8 X6 V

  `3 [  b" f/ a# b3 T9 {4 }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.
1 B+ L4 `! _# H. sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区5 d8 w2 r4 R, Z: Z+ M& j

% N2 n& [8 x0 q; o"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) Y7 B) c/ \/ I7 _# G
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 |1 W6 j9 \+ m# y" b% _5 o

/ D8 c' ^0 T8 j9 gThe 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.