[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 ~& x5 F( j2 u! z1 ]5 S
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. E' C* \, f" w, l% crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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7 ], L( c1 G9 Q3 k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., U! @/ F2 u5 ?( a% ?3 @, i

" _) b0 n" `$ }& m" UReid, 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 v5 }. x' Q, x  i

  a6 D" }, H0 n3 o/ T8 `' `US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ c7 f2 T, k: G- W, j, z* k

+ x' s& W& ?, w0 A8 _" jUS 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.8 ^/ m" ]) W3 l" ^3 h
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.$ n. x* y! V2 r

- ]2 w0 y! ~! A5 Q0 x$ c"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: Z( p* N( `( Q" F! `

% R; U# r9 [$ J3 x) ?# Q"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."+ f# k1 q2 j0 p2 y/ Z
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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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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.