[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。5 c7 l+ j" t+ J  T
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US6 u6 v! j% n& W2 J9 V7 c% C: }) f
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." m  B8 y1 K8 O$ ]
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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.9 S! @3 R  @7 J3 ?  I0 D$ t

# U6 N4 O7 X! l; _9 v人在德国 社区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.www.csuchen.de9 n5 d* U; i# Q2 E5 L
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区( V( y1 q7 h/ Z+ L; C5 w0 F

% y0 _5 A4 |3 }' H+ j$ dwww.csuchen.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.
$ g/ G. Q! W: d+ Q# r1 tMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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, R1 r; u: K1 z5 ~0 h0 o( h"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* N& e3 r1 T* Y" N/ p% Q6 [/ W2 F"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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4 t% G: ~& `2 Q. u6 n8 sThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.