[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。5 ^5 ^4 q- l6 @

* `6 b2 @. r  KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; W0 p7 Q! e: E8 X4 K3 V人在德国 社区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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3 }+ G' E7 L* XThe 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.
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& M3 e) {. [8 o) {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.
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+ ]' p6 q" x& D. x! ?. c8 T& s人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 K& w3 u! z9 H9 Y/ E  K) m/ \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.( H' Q4 P0 A. s9 a2 w1 v
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.; ?+ _- g9 K% y* y

! B) a6 ?- }# L"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) u# M) W1 d. H8 k6 O
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."" u7 P) s4 k& h( B2 y# e4 w2 T  L+ F
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.! e0 x+ \+ [$ Q" P' h; N1 z

) T. p+ G- [6 J! y' }$ a) w人在德国 社区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.