[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
: ~2 R) K% O$ ^rs238848.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.* ?7 n: E" F6 h! x9 Z5 ^

9 v; V! o9 O6 d/ u1 j8 jThe 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.人在德国 社区$ P, j3 ~. \3 M; u

9 q. U# X  M8 aReid, 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.& w9 K) W& p6 x+ B0 {9 a7 a: Q/ m

) O; b+ x- T8 j- S# c- o$ D% a人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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/ ?8 N) f' k2 O6 W1 Q7 qUS 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.
+ x/ P" {. S; mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% r- B% F! i" C6 w0 f- [! a5 r. b

9 o- u) c9 S- W) C: s9 @, w9 a. brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.3 v$ k/ q$ p* P4 C; ?

+ q  X/ }9 r% c; E1 A, S# `人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 ]5 e- f, L# r; N1 CThe 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.