[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。! ^/ I* H& G, [7 _  l! H
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! [0 U' V' p9 N& C2 ?$ ]0 Brs238848.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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 A* m+ J; i* c% \

% I9 g" W; n; ?6 R: J) Y' X) B* V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.: g* t' s% h( M, _) t. t

$ E5 e3 p4 g: S6 h7 g" g- u5 S2 R5 S! J人在德国 社区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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 V' G) w" \- {& S. L( p
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 h" `! B% T+ z9 a$ B5 }
Mr 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.人在德国 社区6 c6 q# H" K8 k- k) K
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 w! V) @+ q& x" _, a人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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  T& y$ h/ T; X- y3 vrs238848.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.