[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人在德国 社区' z, x0 [5 J5 J. z. Y/ T
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.人在德国 社区" j( ~" t7 E1 R2 B6 u
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: x/ h, N/ Y; @$ m

1 Z3 i) u; l; ~9 V3 kReid, 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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: B# j7 h3 [- R& B" c# q8 Y/ mUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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5 e# M; z2 x3 y% x6 j' R0 T% V人在德国 社区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.
( Q$ D" e1 z2 T人在德国 社区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.
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# g+ [5 D7 }; ^0 t+ D5 j"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."/ J; _" T9 |/ Q7 U! l

; b3 \5 F6 H  T4 n) oThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters., P5 ~* \. C: }. B4 x  J

" f# `3 B. b5 }0 x' W) d/ [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.