[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.de; J2 G2 c0 f' m) X( M

9 w. v0 b4 ^) z, q, ACigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ e# k2 n  z3 i+ |+ f7 g, w
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.
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3 u( h( e9 n  ?9 q8 wThe 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.+ C3 E# R6 t. l: S# |2 v; ]
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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.6 |8 _  L" K, Q0 d5 G1 Y' f0 D
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区- {+ C0 F  ~: u7 l# c' E
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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.
6 X4 Z2 v' k9 YMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 h: [" ?& S$ [( z' H, Q! n
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.# e* j4 T: g2 l" _) h6 p& L+ Y6 O$ s

/ a( @/ j1 r( D0 N  }- z+ T. _人在德国 社区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.