[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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8 P% k, m( o% V. J& J8 u; vCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区% o8 ~$ q* Z5 k7 {- ]5 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.; H! I1 S4 R# N

: p0 F; L9 V+ s) Q+ G' MThe 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./ t5 R' z9 I9 U5 a+ c

, q+ _* J8 }! lReid, 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.de& M/ N$ a9 ?) [$ X, @

( E% r4 E% n7 x% l. U% d- ?rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.人在德国 社区) A2 H4 `6 s2 @% @7 r( Q: L
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; m: J- I; R/ g& ~- a( G

3 c( O" I2 C1 E$ \. G人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区" E; n$ T- |( a0 z. l

- T1 N( t$ F" ?1 L7 }* ]人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.de8 L/ M: @2 V1 ?1 n6 U6 H

1 s5 u) \0 |" i2 QThe 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.