[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 K6 F7 Z7 E% |4 j4 q" ~" H9 j3 @8 j

0 Z1 R3 L! K) w+ t* r人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US' A$ I  i3 E  G6 Y) v
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.
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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.人在德国 社区' N7 T0 W, u2 L, W1 [" h. d6 `
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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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  R7 {4 k  [8 M' uUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 m- n# L0 C) ]) y( R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.
  Y) ]6 x' r& srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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% Z9 N+ j! k& s: O2 |. x# _1 s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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."9 t. u6 X" l$ K, G$ j$ B5 x

/ V" r% h! @. j8 e& E% y$ ]The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) y; _. e$ T3 k& \7 K7 w' E$ j

1 `. R$ y! P. F/ UThe 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.