[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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9 K* F  W. A7 n' `! X5.35.249.64Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US* N& U7 R: ~) s5 j
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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" {7 ]6 k  Z4 y! U: UThe 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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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.5.35.249.64( t4 f& |; g  A9 [( J, _

$ n& m/ p9 h& n' gUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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  A7 r8 c9 o* F. K+ b9 l7 aUS 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.
* k' f9 `$ d4 N& XMr 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 }( R4 R; l" N; L人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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. ]2 n9 r6 B% |% \6 a人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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* `" N+ [( H6 _' V% K- h5 U人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.0 k: I) q$ b' j

! `, {0 P; h2 h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.