[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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1 J& g8 r& I/ `Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" r7 B5 G* r; |1 a7 K' R4 `$ RUS 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 K, C0 D1 D  U& t# n

9 Y9 T0 q$ A7 r4 b$ j' F8 sThe 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.人在德国 社区4 p6 Z+ b) b& n

5 M5 D$ j0 j- V, prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# B1 K& y# f2 ?  i  G% k) v/ _

5 B: ]# L4 ]9 A0 Y! N5 SUS 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.人在德国 社区3 T# N8 w- g: j1 S; G# B
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& f  ~" [- U; m7 @8 U& B' m: k$ u

: ]. o3 o. h. g1 I6 S) b"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."5 `+ W. B9 [) ~5 A
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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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- I! z& |- ]2 o: \# N* qThe 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.