[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。5 g7 r  l+ e; y- B( G% x) D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ }4 x0 N7 f' l/ }3 [2 q- nUS 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 H* s1 @& J0 @+ v
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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.
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, I6 f; W) g! f1 [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.
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5 k* o8 _& d+ y% h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.: U$ o$ s3 c0 Z1 M) ~4 b' a+ _
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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; o/ Y. ^2 X' W6 Q. wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said., U6 ]. m$ {* t7 [7 K

! `6 m4 n3 U* Z' J# q& frs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  B1 J# i" D' d4 t0 J

* d. j% \; v+ s( {1 N+ b0 xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.# P4 T7 T2 y# m  c6 A! \

- F# Y: o, b1 U2 s9 c8 crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.