[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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+ w8 Q2 j5 f1 r5 L+ kCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US" F1 x% f: s4 Q' t+ S2 J* }
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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  T; n/ t9 V0 K' H8 _" ]5 B' cThe 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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8 z1 A2 v: w0 n" W3 K0 o' E" oReid, 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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4 n. T/ U/ _4 H$ U) p/ Q- [2 r人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ b: L: J0 k$ w5 b
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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.
; h7 @( y( |+ l# Q- D4 Q, gMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.) y& C! t  U7 L/ x

: K) ?9 @3 ^" j/ k+ H2 p2 E"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5 K7 ^+ v/ w2 ~$ F: p

* n6 \$ J3 W% `  U* @"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区+ Y8 n- @3 A( L2 h
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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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1 \% _4 H# S3 C7 {9 L( N1 n3 [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.