[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。( Y* ^' p& N# @4 C2 w

) u" L& F4 Z$ f3 S$ O- s2 ]  oCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* d+ _, E! e! S7 C9 ?& J9 H/ I
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.$ x' s) B* o" p
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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.人在德国 社区8 B. C) X: |' B/ P' e

: b0 Y5 V7 J6 v( H5 }0 V. xUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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* C- |0 U  V1 ]* \7 b. X4 ^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.
; O/ q. a+ u* L, R$ i) G6 VMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.  X# H9 I( ^" |: H$ z* N: [2 \
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& S! j% d: v4 \# T- ^0 m: j( ?
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& g6 L- r' k) e8 b, z$ N6 X( D人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区9 f% P- t. r, c; S. _/ j: s# H

3 K. `: f- H/ v) M$ VThe 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.