[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。; o/ E+ L% i% Z4 L

( p4 P; Z, ?; F9 f2 I2 `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US& d8 q+ L! ?; ]; m- c! Z. G  R1 t4 C" |$ L& E
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.人在德国 社区8 V; h% l$ [: u! H" P+ J' Y8 h
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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.! K" r; f4 U+ \1 U& R9 T
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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.$ _/ ^, _6 Y9 O' `

% w* h+ h: V6 A# ^人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.0 n" K2 v9 p, B. e
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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.
: {$ a, @5 ?  L( e1 e4 |) M" S6 v. @- W& PMr 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.+ V! `4 J* n* K( S
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 G- ]3 `& I* O
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& B! j5 Q. D0 n9 r- G/ }# {

' _8 D  w/ L- j0 v: M# t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.