[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。  Z5 b6 J$ K( A6 N1 |
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区/ D# R; A% _9 n0 [
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.# P5 D( B0 q; f9 |/ e) N2 @9 `5 G

6 B8 c7 P2 J4 i3 S. ^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.- L( S+ v0 k0 S! [0 o5 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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1 s( Q& u5 H; Y: `US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" ]7 F; M1 w! ~

: J$ T$ Z+ {( J. ^$ hUS 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.
% B' K' u. [7 [/ s6 q* ]2 c人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' P% m2 R( x( z$ r+ ^4 F* K

' Y% n& N& x4 O. Q6 Y% }"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."
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+ R$ @0 x/ a' M# QThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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- A9 }' w6 P! j1 Q$ |3 o4 w) ~, ~& Y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.