[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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6 C% F% |# X# r* w: x, NCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 d, d0 P2 U/ e  R) T. e
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.* ]) m( s2 o; b* g9 c* \
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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.人在德国 社区. ?' @5 n2 Y& g: f3 p

1 K; v! C0 _; `/ r' [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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights., F7 S2 n9 X5 u: L
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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 ^/ d' v$ M+ M6 q0 K' S! p: zMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' k, t: Q1 P" H; ^% u4 D

6 L2 D: ]0 D% K4 r5 ?; }4 a"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.+ E' `* k! ^' H. Z3 O
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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! X3 O0 i" q* a. c6 |  e2 ^The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.