[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。0 _+ X" D/ a4 i) I

" u) I) Q4 N6 B8 N" uCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! d- C) Q5 S7 G. qUS 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.人在德国 社区! \' K" Y1 {' m  P" ]9 k  f+ }
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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.
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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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8 s0 C2 T3 Y; e: H! zUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights." p0 B  Q( s9 P/ R8 ?' |  t: ~

5 y4 J. T& z/ drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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2 W* P' K6 S7 H7 U' @8 j
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.) y4 C- D# R* T/ x$ g
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."5 C/ `% `: u3 B, [7 F7 X" U' {
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.: o( q) A' F: E

! |( z) j! x3 D0 R- }, P, J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.