[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。' V4 @$ t$ `& q! S, y& B

( D7 i% ]6 p5 TCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% ]) P* _+ e$ p" k0 a9 F+ 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" D1 m" [8 g/ Z: F5 ?& z# ]
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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.7 I+ @$ y: ?# ]1 E$ t( ?8 n6 L

( K4 f3 Q1 `1 t  c4 eReid, 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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 v- ~. n8 r6 G4 e$ i1 e  a
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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.人在德国 社区7 G4 Z& v% E$ u2 S: R) ~" k- u
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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' Q4 r6 S4 V) y; y"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.4 E2 t" L1 n* _( h% P! k
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ I5 c, F6 s; T8 K+ l* C7 J# V

& F! v% b  L0 |1 d( `, zThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.& p& ]2 z7 B5 \1 {1 k
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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.