[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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) j- G3 X3 e$ v6 SCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: @3 @* w* 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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% P/ B7 O) y( B5 EThe 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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, F% G' {' N/ N. `6 fUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.. q" E7 o" y" G; F) v( s

0 V9 T/ n) ]2 m( K7 Y1 \- }! V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.
, c  q3 R$ q$ q+ R$ bMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts./ r- O" T% p, u% b1 i' e3 ]# f

$ L3 v8 Z$ b" e2 W6 X/ }4 A$ c0 f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.
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% F4 f5 s( h6 ^& e6 B+ X, K5 b"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 F" `0 e6 {& U/ Y' xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.0 h+ d1 l2 z8 v/ n, X
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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.