[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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. p: u7 ~  I8 [) L+ _% j& R9 Jcsuchen.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% r5 b/ ?( m: ^" @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.# Y' Q$ R; b/ y0 e/ j$ I! l, M$ c

. p0 @% [' K& v% F! y- `$ \' wThe 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.
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& [4 o) W' g% D2 d+ U1 e  c* t" Y人在德国 社区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.) L+ V+ `0 i6 N, W4 F
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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. R, m' I* t0 _  x1 [% W. v7 gUS 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.. k% f; q5 c+ J
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* \2 ~3 U" u, s- x

0 W6 R5 G# k. \/ P3 V8 g+ n3 V人在德国 社区"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."人在德国 社区0 [* Z' q  B5 |! V  j0 C
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5 K; I; M6 h1 q6 ^

6 X4 C+ D/ q4 i9 l6 N6 WThe 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.