[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。3 n9 C" K8 p2 c. M
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
* T7 C* e  I! b1 vUS 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.  \1 _( b! w) c! y4 I. a- S

# q& P0 j' E% O7 b9 c4 _7 dThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 D( v1 |* O$ }

0 s& f0 J7 f' n5 a( ?5 S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.. O% b3 U* ^* e; Y$ @; R  _
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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3 c7 N/ Z" d. j& B/ t' X
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( y+ V. r4 j/ j7 J% I8 S7 c. e4 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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+ P1 V0 a+ J( W4 v2 G- o"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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9 ]+ U, i* h- x' ~: I! Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.