[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。, b- }2 ]' J7 y. K/ p5 H4 `

5 O, }6 c9 F" q7 R! }Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
# [* {. r/ D8 n6 {. a1 l% WUS 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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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.1 K2 B/ q" Z/ Q  `+ H

% R- `) b" x5 Nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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6 U, D, r- Q3 EUS 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.
( B3 S/ @! L/ _, Y( g+ I1 ?Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! u9 m) ?& r  E8 H

0 ^0 `! I  N( q9 V/ |2 E"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) W+ m( r2 p2 q& T0 ^  a

' w( ]* r+ s, C+ {# X. B( n/ `  @"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区! C5 u* b' E  B$ I5 ^

' Y2 Y# V7 L/ J  |/ o* Q6 uThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.& X4 _: n4 v$ U! Y% e. |7 J2 e( n: H. L

$ `2 b- D; B. E4 Trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.