[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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2 P! x+ ?7 y8 d* _! S2 E% A" h' h人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. ]9 L* G5 a$ R5.35.249.64US 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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& X, o  f1 F2 M0 V9 W2 y& r- xThe 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.' T! \: G* ~  X2 d$ p) |
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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.1 s( g& C! a2 E/ f/ b

6 G- `: W1 }2 f5 r: @2 \US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.& v$ P1 a* J: Z8 L" ^/ V: ~
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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.
( x4 O1 `/ A' e& ~8 [" g$ XMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 a& s! D9 I' b, [& e  q( D

2 X$ L; m* _7 N/ `% ]' W  V"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."人在德国 社区( |. T- {/ ~, R; ^5 u. c0 |

* Z* N6 D/ O- \5.35.249.64The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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7 `6 V( H% D1 x$ lThe 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.