[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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* J% `- ^4 n8 X9 i4 KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" B& y: ^& M7 e: ~% L, v, XUS 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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6 S( V0 {- A$ E, v# g% o9 I  E* x" L! G! C+ gThe 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.人在德国 社区5 ?" d$ A5 p  ~' u3 P, r0 J' D4 `9 w
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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.
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5 l, X$ ]: \# x3 s6 gUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5.35.249.644 b4 S6 {& ]7 P0 f3 I6 o- R
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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.6 A8 h4 D- O( v+ E( i5 T
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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. W) P+ G" b! r! Z* i"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: S" H7 c) S- K: e( E- y

5 }/ X" Q1 ?- U% Q; t" e"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* c/ l9 \! ^) o& _- N
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5.35.249.641 W  M* U& k; [7 ~- Q5 L" ^
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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.