[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5 v  s/ z; O7 i; ^. C- \+ ?2 J
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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6 I+ b8 @/ G8 Z# i1 s+ {! \人在德国 社区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.% y$ I+ J+ D! S* P# S8 z$ Q
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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.
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( D1 p; t  a4 v% ?1 b/ t' {& sUS 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.
0 K- k1 t. N2 x+ c/ s, s/ X  yMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& S: _- O2 O+ l& I0 R

2 |. @& N( X# a, e, Z"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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4 N" i  R$ q+ N9 x"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区1 R0 a& h& P3 y; D; @$ Z) H

( t# s( M! v& H6 Q% D, [$ |6 I$ I- v+ F人在德国 社区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.