[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US4 D/ F7 Y. [4 O! Z- _9 L9 W
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.0 e- M/ A1 g" Y8 X; R

" V, L( {/ v) y7 }6 o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.人在德国 社区: d% P8 W2 E4 b! s1 p: V
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区5 E: _/ n0 _. {4 Y7 _- D
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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.
5 q1 M( Y8 f4 H% ?6 PMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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' I* w7 ^3 ^' G( u5 L  N" q"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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: x4 t" r1 [4 U# X; k5 H$ Wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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9 G& `9 G5 K; V9 @6 IThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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, W1 _3 S- y. I  TThe 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.