[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。
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' \3 V4 B4 C: @5 N/ FCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 p7 d5 u+ w# Y( ^' s" r6 X2 h; ?( t人在德国 社区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.5 J% o# D( e4 |. ]: G

3 p7 |4 x/ f$ I' u) C, ]  |4 |; i9 Z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.- l6 j! I8 B  ^5 G/ ?, K( M9 R

/ X  X7 X  O) P& g( C* G8 s3 L, zReid, 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.
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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.
; u, m' Y- N0 g8 m: Q; ^" q' sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' }8 Z2 @) ^' K, p4 }
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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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- x4 t( X6 }" x7 _  }"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区5 R- ^' ^5 g! ]( M* u/ f
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 p6 p1 f& p% A0 n( Y0 B+ @  l
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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.