[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。" C9 \5 ~: c$ }$ h

$ T2 s3 D- x  C. xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
0 v0 }# j5 \' \9 Z/ vUS 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.
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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.# s3 V# v2 N3 V: n8 i
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.2 E  Y8 p9 U9 [  P5 U# N# n

: n* K, c& [$ ^' J' S. B% FUS 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.
3 ~' B. _- W. F6 F9 G9 r& tMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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4 {* ]1 I! Q+ I! Z"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.* s: N7 U1 T5 Y

2 F, ^/ n7 Q" q" n"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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# K8 |  G$ h) e( I# @) P. {2 r; GThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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2 B" ], _- k4 N/ n9 F3 A( y% j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.