[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。$ M! m6 E5 C6 B0 }' K' T# I) C* Z4 g

0 @% k" P0 s/ [7 T# pCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
# C6 f$ R& Y: ?& K& D/ h/ V4 p0 pUS 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+ [- u+ e/ \) M$ U( R% W6 ^. {

$ X. W# {4 z" c7 Q9 v) iThe 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./ F: Z' ^, u9 |* s9 W9 ?) r

  Y7 S7 H* B: |: Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights., D# C; f+ c5 J8 n4 }$ S

9 u% l3 j5 U/ B+ brs238848.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.
1 y. u5 }. }& i7 f9 o1 o  l9 Frs238848.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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9 V/ E# e& v5 B4 Q' [5 U"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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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.