[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。3 M1 K% ?2 ?8 _) `3 {7 ^
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ `8 E1 E" r$ A6 @8 R* U
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.( f% T, X. H2 d. [! A

, r# T! T# ^/ {% c9 m* O9 s9 {6 ^人在德国 社区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.
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9 o8 D! W& _6 e6 {- v; o人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
! ~: O/ G- T" t5 x: Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  I6 I$ p+ D: ~) E2 {$ v. _
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 a" U4 `0 @/ \0 |8 R9 U4 n

. f. J7 W8 U& s3 U"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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1 q1 H0 z( D0 Z, x3 [- h" Urs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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% o- ]# ^) s. [+ P; V; YThe 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.