[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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. ~( N# C  c1 {, oCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 g" u. w& l) c1 J- R人在德国 社区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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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./ o+ A, X& K6 w+ a* H

- G# U& i% O. [6 Y& w$ ors238848.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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ N+ ]1 q: V; N( p& [7 |( p

) l7 N" J% B$ l8 a人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区6 _: v% Q( B( i8 f
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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% u3 \" F) B8 m"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ \& H4 ]$ \+ P/ \9 c- ^

8 {  t0 {  \8 A3 b% x, u" i$ m/ k"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.5 q& E( A8 u( H, k! y' 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.