[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。# r# Y  P2 J9 W% u( I2 B' d
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US3 a$ j- O! m: I' V! T/ o8 o
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.2 A; y0 W7 {4 @% p! G' c$ q0 \
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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.' ]+ U: Y3 E  z% r6 m1 L

8 r+ n% L& [4 h2 _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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 v' O) N; b' C: w1 b: e! V, ]( c: C

4 H! t+ a3 ~0 E5 c, c- H! }( ]( pUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
4 v4 Z/ W; e) m3 |' Srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.. w: C: t  e4 ^- Z. L# b( {) j1 r
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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 p! I3 `' f" Z7 f

. }. p1 o7 S/ L- ^& d1 y, {! u, c"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 e9 Q1 G" T. }- ?% f
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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) ~; H7 q9 R4 p9 |

1 ^4 `# T. \" N, tThe 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.