[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。6 b" @2 S1 z7 ?* f- F) e4 o$ Z) Z1 ^7 Q

2 _4 j8 J( }  y3 ~3 X+ WCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
6 U, e0 Q8 J0 m( X$ C: g& d6 TUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 k7 X$ j) J9 W# P0 M0 S; w$ G% E

' }+ d; o5 `5 b& b. I2 O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.
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0 g; k( N2 @( d: K& B2 |- G: Mrs238848.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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9 D/ o5 O4 l$ K6 \US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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  `6 A1 G: n/ j- Q8 u8 Ars238848.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.
- R7 ?# r) @) ~" k9 y2 r: [. crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.1 U) U* f& w0 c6 n$ U
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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" {$ x$ I' ?8 _4 J% \4 W"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  E( B9 A' Z8 S2 X

/ v5 Y  C* p. z8 Y( b! s; QThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.8 j2 C( V) W; n/ B
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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.