[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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) P7 G$ m  S0 `% t' CCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ V( D' i6 Q( K7 Y0 ]5 EUS 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.人在德国 社区9 X6 D3 s8 ?+ T; i% Z; D
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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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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.+ ~; \  F1 t, ?; t+ z

7 e( Q5 x, ~5 {- O2 f, Trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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; ~$ X; H" n" b! z- B) V' [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.2 o, j0 B8 V7 r- Y
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 g  p0 v/ [2 D3 g7 `
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 R' V! r; p8 u7 I& m

' v" P0 d: d; Y- N/ Q. c3 ~+ s"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* H7 p  M# W9 @
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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4 P) |3 {3 R% F$ BThe 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.