[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。
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1 S* |0 _1 H/ p/ ^5 J人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) k$ m) ?8 l1 A% r) W; Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 i- M/ c7 }! i* q+ A

7 a" d& L5 r% `2 Y- K8 R5 l* EThe 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.de3 R* k4 a( T* u6 w3 O7 V0 l

' B. d) ]# ]1 P: n/ b4 QReid, 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6 _! y3 u2 l) n2 D

6 |% U5 E) n, }! ^% K4 v) uUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 J+ F$ R8 ^0 W7 [8 |* @

4 G7 Q( l# k3 W) B$ 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.
. @+ f, o# \% K- |- K) o) Y人在德国 社区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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0 P+ _) C( s# o5 Q; J  C* H. n" H人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& {5 @: l$ y# V

( T' V4 G/ N) X) d人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 N& s. j% w' S' ]/ `

2 [5 _% ]% e& MThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 H" `1 V4 r& t# r* A4 M/ O$ j% b
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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.