[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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4 J7 n1 q& \, _4 R2 ?( sCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 {" K) c& O: G( y3 Y8 v
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.' N9 `" {* W" j6 s! A! ^% E1 q( j, S
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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.4 K6 B5 ~/ F3 P- @: @4 X

7 Q; L, k0 R, I9 i人在德国 社区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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/ R2 E6 J( ]- z2 f, V# x9 kUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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5 A8 [' {2 T; z: GUS 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.; _: b* l4 }4 c4 h. r# j  l/ K# q6 ~
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 _1 h+ e! m# G* U: E8 ~

5 V5 B0 X& i1 ^2 i( i1 g4 b"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."2 `7 c0 B- @* J( q. r8 y9 ?2 @7 k

( [9 z# e# G) }9 T: \The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." K7 v! W/ B& r! a2 s, K0 B- T

# W9 i8 k$ l6 p0 e7 q2 UThe 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.