[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。  K" m# y+ W! e8 Z9 d4 ]" L$ _
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. M  Y/ H# j' F# Q0 M, c9 PUS 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.de( n0 |# H+ c3 S$ b

$ Q7 X' ~( C3 w$ C% iThe 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., M. m' Q5 k4 n; j8 {* k
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Reid, 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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; y9 m' L" b  DUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* Y6 D1 e0 X+ z6 D. Y

! d6 H# ^4 S1 t- W/ d5 V! pUS 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.
. e9 V! f! ]' N7 D: OMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., l2 p8 H2 q8 s! U9 u) M
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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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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区4 ^% z# r/ L3 A) ?

7 v6 |0 r! r* Z( m9 b0 e* z% I* ZThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.! M! ^7 y. C% [4 \7 h( h
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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.