[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
- s- z  v* z0 BUS 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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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.) y6 c, U" u5 O6 L, K5 Z' \

" Y# H0 V% Y6 }1 v$ C3 Crs238848.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.% ]; u7 O; v3 `

$ q8 |3 A* s* ]8 pUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.& a$ ?& j$ K& d, M8 g! S+ o  U& y

/ F5 }4 C0 c1 \6 M) C) |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% ?% |" C% d% ~, j" _. }
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区: ~% v/ m! D& @% h% `
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"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9 A( z: v' W2 {9 a7 B
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."; k6 A( W& I, O: [# g# ?8 r

. G" Y8 [1 n* U7 a- ~人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.# u/ c+ @9 V2 Q. s& s0 F. ^
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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.