[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。; T8 u, R! m. e

; W9 Z) \' k$ _. ]. Y" r7 q4 CCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US2 G) u3 n0 g! ?
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.: V0 X1 c0 y. X8 V. u7 n( O
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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.
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% K1 X2 h/ C8 ~. e$ _$ Z& V* ?& prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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( ?/ o# R) q, cUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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: h# Y6 l. o9 ]. m% E! eUS 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.
5 ^  n" m  p& LMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., k: _" H4 i! O# {

% `. l* E8 ~( `% d"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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8 R$ f: Z/ l! q"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 H7 [. l/ r. |+ K0 G+ F9 ?
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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. r- Y3 M( W/ A+ w5 {

* ^5 L- P" ~3 `4 }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.