[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。' ^4 \$ U" ]# ~
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
9 x7 H  M( J) R1 u6 V0 hUS 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.csuchen.de! e% [" D5 u! P1 U

. A& }3 X' d2 d  d* w4 a2 lThe 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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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.. W/ D& o( O$ _

3 \! T% R6 s. R( v6 m$ RUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ o6 A3 d- u- V1 X# X

6 n. X$ f$ a! R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.
4 f3 a8 y( v8 w1 `" W6 OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* K" U' a9 \$ P% n, T  X2 k8 k8 p+ o
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 e7 y6 X7 f  I" v5 o; q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 q( M7 a: t* V! Z

' s4 `& G) J# P& _The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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: a+ ~6 K  C: p6 L$ J! j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.