[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.de( @. G3 d# I0 Z- [8 d

* j4 U3 [! M* I' i9 B0 _5 x' KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 R% h9 C4 b+ d; k
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.% x( B0 B# y9 T. h' i: S( R& j

* O, V& J* m9 Ors238848.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.# F0 l& T$ R7 ^/ M

9 |7 N; S: D5 l9 e# O1 Q# XReid, 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.# K7 Z1 o: H7 t' _% @
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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.
, x% `( [3 |. i. o. x( N1 OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., v3 G' Y( d" z0 V7 L8 T8 z
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.4 C' K5 }4 P3 t( R' h6 d5 A

7 R+ A2 t. h" w" A! b7 W人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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- p* G8 u5 q1 u' }# W5 {  W  R7 zThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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: t" Z5 c* f# T/ CThe 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.