[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 z+ C) l) [% w) y+ F2 Y9 b2 ^( a* b
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.2 t7 V# _& p; I$ R7 J1 I
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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.! u3 W9 K* j. S1 @7 p6 x

- F, Y9 X, d) \8 q人在德国 社区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; u1 w0 J: L2 a: X
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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7 f  R/ o( p+ w4 L! E; W. k人在德国 社区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.: [( @$ L& u6 ]$ h1 K
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& Q3 j3 j/ O+ }  g  n
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"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."5.35.249.64: n* e. P5 ]0 c

' q; Z$ t& I4 J: p* X, f% u% x* P& z0 p5 jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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6 p3 T5 ^8 M! d9 o/ t# \2 A. DThe 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.