[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( Q2 O+ [$ F9 S7 _2 Y# a, \8 j
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
4 e* D, Q2 k: krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.& @. U, ?8 S1 u4 @+ A

0 B& V4 v9 y1 h& ~* Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ H& w4 d/ |% x2 W
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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." f( C! c% D1 D/ G1 B
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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$ @; S" r) s) s9 U人在德国 社区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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. A  |  k1 P& @( [6 l3 E
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( C/ S5 |3 u- q- i; A1 d

) h- w  |) j- G"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- r' C) z7 S7 r7 f; f

% i, F/ J- A- |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- J8 v* A1 D& I' x: Z

6 e) k0 ^% L. ]1 C; j% C, dThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.