[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。% `. I3 C3 }2 V

8 l, C: z+ i5 w) L1 a- F1 I9 vCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US* [: p1 N' i3 T( U- c
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.8 S$ Z+ q' M5 |6 Y8 R; W7 T1 T

2 ^2 @7 b- `( p) V- `rs238848.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.de3 F7 q  }& m/ I7 W4 M+ Z5 C

: j! U: b: v7 M" c# ^* BReid, 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.6 T& A, F4 ?3 W! ?7 v* S
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 K) c4 m, ~$ X# b8 d7 SUS 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.
6 A: J! x9 F' W* [+ S9 L1 v% SMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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7 I3 m! Q- @/ ^7 [) T, P人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 T. h; t+ J8 E
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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5 A7 _4 j, n& p+ E  H8 Z9 m2 dThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.- J: s* [, X4 A& F: j& d& j1 `) I

& h/ V" o( e% R1 u, X& T  IThe 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.