[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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7 [+ Y. W  q* J; x2 E" Y# a- W人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ _" J, b' U3 a3 S+ ^4 r
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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. F8 {8 G2 S* ]2 ]2 b+ MThe 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.- w3 o2 {/ y7 k" k$ E! J

/ g9 c% K. j2 ?/ c3 R- h6 K+ HReid, 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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8 @1 ^. `/ ]4 Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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; Z# ~" F5 V- Z7 j7 [7 [; E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.
1 h3 [) G" L+ A/ ]7 `Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区5 W/ K5 T; u' X( m1 Q: V9 Y2 [

2 t$ V* S0 c2 n% Y: P% x! M人在德国 社区"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" o4 i: m7 e- f9 z8 c9 x+ X) x

6 L# r' O4 Y- f) B) g; M: l"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.
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! x9 n# h! ?$ w* {6 EThe 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.