[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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! l4 a- d0 X- L5 {6 n+ \Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% h9 \: h( P! a( R1 Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.7 ~* `& d  r( }' o* A4 o
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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.' x4 q7 u# `! M

  h5 {. q2 L4 j/ l) m2 ~$ W2 c/ jReid, 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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6 ~, Y+ D  D5 H9 q* G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.
1 h' {& D; _# xMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.$ I8 {) o1 o0 h" m' T1 a

* ?* t* k; X. C& o; a"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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! b- a1 Z% q- u" U"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The 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.