[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。人在德国 社区  L, E+ c' i1 J' r7 P

9 |6 X8 V1 {* c) X# [Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区; Y0 b5 x+ Z$ |: b2 K' `% q$ R
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- Y3 q$ L- z' y! T% O) e5 v

7 k. `3 k# t* Z8 H8 h5 }( w. irs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.0 \" {8 Z# y, f8 D8 h2 n
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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.- U1 `6 t. L3 [. |2 w! f4 j7 U

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5 U3 H/ Y- C- _# \; d' @; FUS 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.人在德国 社区" M9 B5 c  M9 B! y9 R
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 x& |) R+ U& o

5 ?- Y) m. o2 \3 _0 O"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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% I- P8 Y8 x3 [: H* x$ _) R* M"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.