[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。
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9 e. ?0 F4 G9 @/ d: _" V7 U. g$ BCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US6 `) Z/ O) x$ N0 l
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.6 ]: u5 }. {# \
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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.5 E. ]0 @7 r9 {$ i( F0 T1 A# [
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" f# y, h! \* m

8 S8 M& y8 l7 g# ZUS 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.
" ^, ]& [' D, ^Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.- y/ ]( N  T: D4 i" o9 r& D

% d' t3 c* j+ X1 I! A"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区' Z: c9 ]1 K8 U

2 T& K3 J! T5 i2 P5 u  B6 _2 v"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."! |' N+ ~7 q: T+ m0 I9 L  z

' R: W5 s. q. q9 I  X! l4 {The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 F9 i/ u3 X* o6 y9 h% p

+ `9 g1 u- g/ }0 w" Q2 }6 rThe 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.