[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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8 o" C3 c; Y9 C5 @' {4 _/ d, c5.35.249.64US 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.1 L9 d& ?- U8 S1 J

* s/ L: H) d3 s  E0 ~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.( y* R% Y5 X7 ~0 D% Y
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.7 Q* C! ~" ^0 n0 Z( j. V2 Y
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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.2 |8 w. m3 N7 z- _# g
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区1 j1 z; c3 z( L9 ]) j# K
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"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! q/ B7 |- r5 l/ e7 L

5 f# t6 C" Z! ^' J. D' b"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 A* Z2 W$ C% _* D' O' ~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.
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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.