[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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; [1 t  i  B$ g0 S+ Q# hCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
0 g- f5 G8 E2 m9 i; x+ h* sUS 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.: p( G3 ^2 r8 y8 k
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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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% c, Q5 H9 ]* t) EReid, 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( M# ?8 M# z& o% TUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5.35.249.64. n- u  X4 _. T# E% w  V2 H0 {

/ i4 X$ Z: ~0 l7 ?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.7 X4 T* g. N# ]3 p- z2 }( H( K
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' E) v! [) |- f' E4 b2 O3 c3 o# B9 F

( y! b- P" }5 m4 Y0 f7 t" q: b. h6 d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.人在德国 社区  J9 R) M0 L1 ^+ [9 y& V9 W

( V1 X. s' Y& |* h/ O, ~. J"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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9 t" J" O9 m0 [# G/ [- b9 N$ e& E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.7 Y) d) y: r# U' ]

3 Q+ x8 |! T+ K  N* s2 KThe 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.