[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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$ f- Q+ V1 K7 D7 ^, aCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! x. v5 S3 K' N( t7 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.5 Q9 ^1 Z/ }$ U3 E1 G8 Y. s5 |$ N4 r
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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 t8 A5 t! X8 C
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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.人在德国 社区8 N9 {: \: j& A0 G. ]8 L
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.. M7 ~/ L9 M9 `
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& c9 B2 l" O( S* q

- l% w+ }4 S: r& C"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) [- W1 M0 g1 e  D4 q4 p. _( |9 }
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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6 ]+ D( P' E, `- |" R: w) S, mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.0 }) i5 `0 D5 Q# H% m
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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.