[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。$ D/ S/ ^- x* R5 N  U5 g( H
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
' Q. ?  l8 r+ y$ ], s7 t6 yUS 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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3 s6 I$ f$ _6 n2 h/ ?3 {% ?9 fThe 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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8 q$ T7 t! H9 }1 `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.
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) D6 Z' [, b" q9 }人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% f: J0 T- V3 u% {

7 z: b  Q4 E$ U1 zUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' I+ K/ G: {3 ], o! {; V
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! A3 \( ~; E; n0 R5 M7 a

- o  x: Q. g7 Q; y& `: [! Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! a1 W% E: H% u& B" _- Y  n3 X

; I2 n+ f; D, X7 R- x- [8 r"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."! @; j! \3 t: s) w. w
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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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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.