[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& ?. i: i: {6 _5 t, K

3 o8 p" e# P! ]: T) D6 BCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区5 d1 ]/ d, n5 e+ S+ d; d( W
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.
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6 U9 q4 X4 ]+ KThe 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.& R$ |% B; _7 C4 K( O& h, n8 I
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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.9 v$ F- Y9 g4 Y! d' @" f
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& G/ P+ i% u4 i, o) N6 r/ S# {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.1 h; v9 y/ O2 v2 L7 Y( `/ Q. K
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.4 C8 |& \! K8 H, {4 M

  h3 @3 m; |' b  z5 U, J7 p"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ k2 W1 c5 t8 D0 t( E

# ]: A7 r9 @# O+ ZThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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  b& ~4 s) i( \. Z3 lrs238848.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.