[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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* f  L9 [7 @) @5 Y( G& pCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" S# w$ o3 ]* o5 P9 O2 GUS 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.$ a1 [& y8 Z) t
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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.2 x+ S$ x- V( C
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.www.csuchen.de# A% m. `1 N" q5 w8 k: u& y

; h) a* ~, N4 Y/ m+ |0 s8 XUS 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.3 g6 k  W' G$ w# M* E4 z
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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! {6 P# q9 d5 S3 Q- qwww.csuchen.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区* n2 h! H0 N+ T3 P* y; K! ]( t% L
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 b0 f& t1 b* w1 G/ E* wThe 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.