[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。- q1 A- u! y5 F

- K6 K5 A# J4 y% c" f9 uCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, s' a; k6 A' g, h4 H: N/ ^人在德国 社区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.& l; o! {" N4 v2 u% ?3 |

' J- |5 H) H$ @- j1 S% f+ |% ?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.6 j" ]$ |# {1 A. R. S: i) a
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.人在德国 社区$ p( w4 h( ^  F" K4 x- G
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 s! x: V* T6 j+ t+ g4 h0 [* P
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! m" s8 s( T: {7 z) k
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区8 w5 ]0 l4 d' z! }& @) g
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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.