[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; E& H' P& [+ \0 B6 X2 }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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9 E, o1 z% D- w; R& h% hThe 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.2 C  a% L; S& P, ?

1 F+ Q2 w3 U$ M; FReid, 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 A9 `6 }) f7 s/ \US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& J2 X$ @' ]9 y' U) x% r5 J( V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.
" m6 b/ ^6 q  s/ B1 G, t: ]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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 E- h$ D0 @4 j* p- m  p
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."' G; R' T; K' }) ~/ _: D  K
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) q: K8 w% @; L! g

" q8 P* J/ m7 x" G, c. ?$ t: i6 D人在德国 社区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.