[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。9 ?, ^/ \  e2 K! g3 ]  C

$ ]' c7 m  R- R7 xCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US# D- K! Z& A8 p& U; G4 E- X5 x; e
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.人在德国 社区! K& v# `% F: E$ |9 U# }$ u
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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.
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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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1 {: m+ `, i7 u, d) }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.+ r& t: u& J. e: M% V

; m0 F+ |. i1 [9 G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.
* c3 s) b. g0 ?  h, k7 pMr 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.3 t+ f- _7 A1 P2 i
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."% u" c/ j* ]7 e" s! S4 ]5 r% b
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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.de6 P* Z: F1 w# e- z0 t4 I. \

$ {4 e1 m& c( H) IThe 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.