[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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* I7 L# q! D( E/ @! C8 FCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USwww.csuchen.de- G  r# Z6 Z8 X2 ~3 D
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.www.csuchen.de( V+ s7 G6 G& w! {( w: E  u; a
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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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( n) V9 e3 s" t* z6 b' ^; {% a. PReid, 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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( t: p; @" |  X0 A2 r4 X: mwww.csuchen.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
, B: E+ c$ i: D; CMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区% A% a- i* U& h3 c% K
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.0 ~+ n" t$ q  T7 _+ o4 z- p, W. l
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ l4 ^+ I6 L) p) T0 j# t6 x' a6 fThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 T; X. Y/ D- o4 O7 ?0 l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.