[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。8 I! E9 Z% s9 l) f+ v  u$ N# z6 x, c

0 o% Y' L# g7 e# K# xCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 T! @5 k& B+ \1 U1 S+ j
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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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.; O- p! g1 e( O6 ~7 }1 y

/ g# M8 n( P- l# v0 iReid, 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.4 _2 I) V( [- m9 z  U! g7 o" S

# S' z7 e+ u, B: D/ z人在德国 社区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.
1 b. v# C1 y% Z" o7 nMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区6 l: Y' T2 N7 O- A
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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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7 i1 J9 U2 P) Q& L8 nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区- _/ P( B2 ?8 P* x7 K& S$ B* {, S0 r
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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.