[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。2 X6 G8 m2 K6 s1 W# ]/ O
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: Z" U' L& {  N, Y0 b6 H. ]- ]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.5 x1 F7 H% s; u9 U: P

, H3 [$ f7 M0 I$ ]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.* I0 Q- f  R- x" p' o" _9 c3 F

) H6 b2 @, N' u' X; L" jReid, 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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9 [% S9 @- E$ s人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区) f& O" `1 f" H3 {
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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.
- R& j5 I' P& ]- x# L! E& TMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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* c1 O9 U1 m2 S# ~! z% U"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  w. d9 o; N' ?+ S! a
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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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$ l' l; ?1 n+ y1 X& I  D2 r, z' p$ {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.