[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。人在德国 社区/ o* x! i) p( g( Q% O
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区* y; g/ O( N! P( N/ B/ j: W$ L
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; E7 t: j. @( R2 t

8 D6 w# p' n! j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) k. |2 E  ], r3 W

- \2 W. d, {/ _  Y2 T8 I8 B. p4 YReid, 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 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.+ j: A. h. N4 b2 B, Q9 z6 g6 y
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ K) ]$ e/ Z5 ^+ F' b6 ~& o
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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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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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/ d" t# \9 m& c8 K5 k4 Yrs238848.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.