[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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5 E! P" y  Q/ U; W) ?' G$ k, ZCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US7 {" o  {5 \# e+ E3 K# y6 H! S8 k
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.6 W4 \: }1 i, R# e5 p, l

. |, n! N& u3 x. k! HReid, 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.1 A( B' k* r! o# e: _. ]3 W0 x5 j
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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.4 X3 D0 q3 _" x
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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5 B( S# S' i. }; 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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) j) c$ ^' h) C3 n"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."" R$ u) R2 A& i7 t) C) j5 l

  b/ l8 F4 S4 w, J! t. @The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters." c$ n1 f  l: ~) I+ F

7 q. X8 O9 I4 I4 }0 K1 n人在德国 社区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.