[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2 y% F$ I  k4 ?8 Y! I

% l% K' ~* M  Z7 z: A5 [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% p! W% i! |& C! x5 Q) z- M6 e$ l) P
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.' q9 M  `' `+ D4 y1 X# w

% o8 i5 C+ d! H( H# ^7 MThe 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.. E0 }0 q" Y8 M9 _8 e

+ M+ e/ U8 }# F  u3 m( @: rReid, 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.) z7 z# F* b1 k6 S: a
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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# L+ o) {2 w- \9 ?" r, gUS 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.
4 p$ q; ]4 {3 O: C8 @rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 x9 Q- v/ q. s( v

2 _- `& m8 c9 E% Q( t8 R7 S"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 R/ t4 E2 R# P9 x; F& y6 |/ D, c5 k"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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, H3 ~1 r+ V% A$ e人在德国 社区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.