[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。  ]) u0 ~. q2 g) ~! N

9 q% o2 F  I8 ~" V- u" PCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 T' l3 ?( |% I7 R; A8 y' ^& U
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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1 V8 E! P+ \# c2 V4 t6 qThe 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.
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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.# ?7 k4 b( y' x6 \' M/ A8 K$ a; i

! R: a" x; {+ y1 S" E# Y0 u  |* S! dUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.+ ^4 a- i4 n7 ~' l; s; d5 U# x( l( U
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 w! X. n0 o* T( u
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.- P6 @% {) \( V% y, u5 ^$ J

1 ?3 v# V% C/ ?" K& _  P: E  M"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.* Q8 G. e& N( O/ `
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. c! j3 B$ q: l. p; Q5 h0 u- Srs238848.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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5 m. H) g$ X( h" s人在德国 社区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.