[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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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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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.9 o6 ~' s$ J& D0 E1 O
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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.( U0 u) B+ j5 n0 @$ a8 j9 _+ O

: Y* r( e( h% u& Q. ~: H' K人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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/ W6 F" n/ g& L' O; z" [, eUS 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.
5 k0 j/ N: }; J6 r3 RMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.$ u5 e; J% {# q3 s
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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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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."" ]: E% K. k) h$ O, t: [, E

( s2 {- E+ T9 n. aThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区: ~3 I4 p. `( B: [3 S( a! f3 T

& s- _+ v2 N2 |. h, x& qThe 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.