[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。% N) [% O! }3 j$ a. `+ d: Q6 r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区+ Z# y' |* O# Y( P. ]& q2 M
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.( Y! M. Z; r9 f/ T3 ?" `5 \

0 Y7 f" w; k" }: I% Y0 z( Z3 qThe 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., V4 Q# `6 i  j# Q, E

. F5 G1 ^9 i/ R  CReid, 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.1 ]* Y4 `0 h0 Q& h
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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.
0 i7 y* _/ W3 U7 Z6 K  o人在德国 社区Mr 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.9 N  P4 w/ A  s2 M5 V
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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6 s! [' e- i  D' S$ jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ M* R6 B9 X# O. G' @0 w
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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.