[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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. z6 k; C& }% s" I* S3 gCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US) l$ _  b( P" j  X3 j* S1 [" Q- Y
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2 r9 R6 n0 G9 M; @

+ t" F+ }( M" x* `人在德国 社区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.( a0 z9 ?  `6 V' ~  Z/ C& `
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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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6 j1 z) s, J" h' _& Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.0 q8 b; l! m2 B4 a
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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.
; z' S- W' G  R3 n+ t' Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, b6 A9 t% p# `/ s

' ?4 ^! O4 d3 \5 \" ^rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区; ~( j, F  t5 o0 y

* u% `, R! r! w% ]' K9 LThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.% z' ?* s" O0 v4 g$ r1 S; F
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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.