[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* k% [, W8 h  H  o

4 r4 i8 R6 \9 ZCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区( t; I& I/ n2 f; z( \; K
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.2 C" m' m! l; I8 z5 ^
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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.人在德国 社区2 L1 M- H! u' w( ?8 f) z8 e

$ A" `& L. f# x" r( p人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( ?! B7 D5 u% z/ Y6 K
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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.人在德国 社区4 x8 y5 C$ N# P9 M! Z# v
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.9 `- q) V* t3 f' i# k9 E
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."2 m; l* w$ L# ?4 B4 Y$ k
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 |& J+ g- _% R

3 N6 Y% ?! c: l) r/ ?2 P* uThe 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.