[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。8 S" Z2 E1 t  e& ?) P
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区6 m& F# W! x+ j8 G
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.( J" C0 `% T/ @6 i+ [
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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.
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* O1 T) ^8 L/ ?) O9 fcsuchen.deReid, 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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3 L5 i3 G  I  B8 Y3 qcsuchen.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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5 C/ L+ t! w2 ?4 S+ J$ e# lUS 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 O) }1 P! C1 T2 T& K% z% D- a+ ~Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 }8 Z! z8 G- ]4 F; ~

( C6 n  }) a" ], \" K8 _' m' }"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."  B' [4 W5 {1 f8 t- p! A

/ X+ N+ d$ e( _0 l* v6 UThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 x% Y& l3 g1 {+ x8 M# u/ T  v4 t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.