[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
# V+ f* u4 ]" `/ \* G7 XUS 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." F. T  G2 O3 w6 d; O" ?/ K
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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6 {% K/ m: c2 E) |; J, {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.
6 F% u! K) h& b' `; P3 {0 {rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 b; t& ^# `# \# z. F0 x6 M: C/ g; N
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区+ Y& l: P; C% I# r

8 t2 z; t+ r2 k9 D: S9 grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区% _9 e7 E+ |* U2 n& n
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 p2 e* Q$ A- a/ Y  _

! t! B1 I7 I1 x  I# {$ j" p$ O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.