[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; m1 U- S) a9 K+ L8 M7 Y
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区/ w; @" c" Z& R5 Y' h4 e& g
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.6 j! e; ^0 o3 B% a6 l" _! M

% I* z, W" a/ S2 @* r' z9 wrs238848.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.4 R, ]$ }& p. y
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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.
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4 [; ?: m3 t# B6 yUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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+ a+ b4 o) X( v( k- [; K7 i* E! yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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 u, A/ `) W& u) d# I! i
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"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) [9 C. m2 J. o

$ L! |2 a* O6 E+ D1 H"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.": ?( A" u+ h5 R& ]0 H
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# C# _/ r0 K& M! x/ j

. y. z8 \% o4 ]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.