[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。" b; Y' W5 ~$ C$ V3 e& v  s

! C5 t4 v3 t% f* iCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US* Z! S+ Y- }0 W7 b0 I8 D( r( P4 R
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.人在德国 社区, V0 B& G0 R$ k% A. ?) N% m

2 W7 N& ]0 v* m' {8 P9 ~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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+ S, @5 ^  {9 y" k; c% ~: `5 r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.9 }. F- K8 X1 i; K; I) r! ^+ o

* v. J4 v. Z6 mUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 r. t) ?8 E% A* l6 E. L

# x, V/ o+ |# C5 b$ E, dUS 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.
$ c( J1 b! F! n/ Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr 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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ m+ u8 P8 m) t5 }- S# J. z2 B- lrs238848.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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: x# D4 J: U" l# K3 @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.