[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。/ r; F$ Z  I* H
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 T+ s+ D9 k2 S% V- r: zUS 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.! Y0 E  J5 X! P1 N

2 I# n+ _3 e* ~7 k, `: W! s人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区8 t+ h9 H& p0 U4 N
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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4 V$ P9 D1 E$ o/ {rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.2 f. b3 Q6 e4 s+ _4 t+ H# N& p
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) `6 `1 R$ ^: N# M" b

8 r" F$ U/ o6 V% e8 e5 P& y8 z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.人在德国 社区8 a7 P! [" }' Q/ |3 N: ^$ Y6 @8 M
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."! s7 l4 M- |3 h& k2 P* [* b
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: c( I9 H; s0 i8 r/ D, U+ X! H

8 {0 W0 G) c+ O3 a- @$ P& `1 b6 S: aThe 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.