[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人在德国 社区8 j/ s8 q6 I" U: e
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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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.8 {9 F# r* c5 A' n

8 ?) z3 y( k8 E- k' ]2 {% AReid, 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." d8 y  {2 G; h9 _5 v. f* |# C" q
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& {  _7 z% N# v0 l: c6 q- LUS 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.
% I: i2 {! y! ]% }4 eMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* S9 W2 z. z) ]2 U
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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% j* s" d% V/ R1 M* Z  Q$ Q9 h"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."# B; s' j. {5 w; o
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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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6 {# U6 A3 R7 K; ~2 Z0 G, V! c( F, wThe 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.