[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
) l- i/ b- q9 D$ D8 v; x" g& T' Jcsuchen.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.# Y9 T, d, X2 n$ y* N' y, D

  H7 o8 b* L6 t6 D1 j/ 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.5 c  m: V! k. a7 f) T$ ?
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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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6 H; U' m+ C8 M+ H( QUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5 L( H' h9 J3 @: t$ \) K) N

- E) u& x3 ~4 I) _& K5 o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.
0 o) a4 P8 k7 o, z人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.csuchen.de% k+ r9 M7 Y6 T4 v0 @. n- _

# ~$ Y' K' r* [9 _8 h9 P1 Z  Y! E. H"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 \9 K# c- ?; Q. w; T

1 ^, J" R4 E$ h: A$ L% B: }人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ W: F% G  o/ y" v. O" kThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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7 b2 s6 s% Y% j9 ~1 o$ q* T$ @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.