[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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! ~$ {3 @) ^- W+ w1 `Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US& t, d2 b( C& |" Y1 t3 Z% |2 |
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.8 {6 E# B$ h# R$ o1 D7 ^6 a

! k8 @$ Z% i0 DThe 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.# C5 J+ Y# o% m7 }  C' x( Y* d
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区9 s9 l( |6 @+ R, H

7 R/ p1 M; N8 b- L7 e% Z/ E9 dUS 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.
$ T3 w& h0 J7 i) q8 {3 l, V; qMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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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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, c5 M5 D) ]2 c0 R5 M' `"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) N% u9 [- Z$ R3 x( X8 D1 x, R
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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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! g) T5 ^! g) E8 PThe 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.