[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
7 W. m, F( w- y& h人在德国 社区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.
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! [; L# ?! W2 V9 m2 O" F8 E人在德国 社区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.) f) A# A- K0 Y, v4 \
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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./ S3 }8 C1 O2 _7 ~. W0 B

9 @! F5 B4 G" O7 Z- P/ M人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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. @2 n, n7 S5 X* VUS 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.
$ p7 l2 _1 }" V- s2 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.( H6 Q) h6 `% O$ A4 D

: `6 H8 ]5 S( }! S3 b. l"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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0 `; x  M* e* u1 _人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."csuchen.de# q3 d3 A6 I6 ~' v, E6 L! ]* B4 C
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.* S) Y; f5 Q7 Z7 h* G' s
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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.