[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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8 k) r8 j1 t  G+ A9 n4 Y: VUS 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.8 @& z+ E& L+ e. g# P5 w1 S7 r
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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.csuchen.de, q% i1 J+ L. M4 {) k5 i

- w, r# `- i% R+ N. k: B0 \, AReid, 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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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3 P3 N9 K! y* N& c) }( Q8 {* `* xcsuchen.deUS 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.
! C6 F6 p2 h" M9 v; g  e3 sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.csuchen.de# ?6 v7 A' Z$ k  h$ _

7 p! p" S$ x+ J# W+ q) h1 R7 ["The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* s& k' B7 R+ Y* N0 Q"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区/ G' L" [( \' A, g7 c6 a6 W& D

! i+ _# I/ [* q1 ^The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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' w; C4 F# j% J2 e$ e+ f; dThe 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.