[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。4 D% W& Y5 G1 t$ ]2 ?' B- I
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US& Y4 V9 `2 ^9 o" U5 b. {
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.( J4 ^1 W# Y! z6 s8 t

9 `( B0 r  x/ wThe 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.人在德国 社区" U7 ]: _% c# i* j9 ^
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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.! e5 S9 J  e: t9 S. c+ d1 C( ^

, u  k  [$ _! MUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' ?/ c& G0 J0 \8 f0 @2 N

) ~" ?, S' c' b& b* l9 r! AUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" I. ~% r# J& O1 k, D8 E. f8 _
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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区1 g  [& _% U9 a: k

4 u6 p( d5 r; S7 w( _The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.2 L% j2 i) |4 B& H& Q: L( P
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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.