[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。5 V7 T3 C( n; v$ L7 S' t

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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( p4 b# `) V- I8 F" L( e9 h

! s+ n$ n' G8 o* N' {: kThe 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.人在德国 社区/ N* ~3 ^: G. t) o8 G# r4 w$ g
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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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9 i1 I6 b" i' T: m人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 c- y1 W+ Q" m: B& M
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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.
( t) F# n& w* L' [, x; z' e1 vMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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; K' t5 D- T* D  s. t7 L" G"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3 F7 ?' H( k0 x; w9 B% g
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.