[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 E' X6 F+ O, e' B1 Z0 r' S
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
' A/ z! g7 d1 _7 S# n) c* n( KUS 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.5 b- Q' ?+ p2 l0 ~1 L

' c  N' ^  S: Z: Hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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) V- ?& x1 F, o8 }1 S2 d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.3 N3 r; [$ i3 p+ o% m) ]

2 C$ C1 N. r/ u# h4 F9 k5 H人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ }/ h4 d; H! _: y% x  G* X
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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.
! X* h. M: g/ H5 G, R7 |9 @Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区$ c8 ]+ k5 V. `+ e. W2 z& W

. e3 h6 J& r, g$ d* q"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."' f# q8 I9 O3 p' V* @

# }9 m6 t+ I5 t人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  q: @6 L( K# D+ ^8 X1 m

' _: f3 @5 `( x  s; O, x3 vThe 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.