[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': US
9 X) @& V7 ]' s! M人在德国 社区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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7 f6 r. u: V/ k! C: GThe 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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# [' q/ S4 z3 e1 E" v; ~; J# m4 IReid, 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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: o% C% X3 O# EUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区; K# H( ?$ q: {
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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.
8 \) x5 V- m3 n  o# ?% p$ 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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9 r. }- W* ]5 ]+ ]( M" Y/ ^4 O& I人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& U; [+ U! x6 \% S
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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  y. @  P: W, J& F1 N! h4 gThe 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.