[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。6 m8 R: z; i3 g0 _7 E" |
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ q' C9 @; ~* ~4 }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.
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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.人在德国 社区/ N! Z5 T/ H1 |# K. S8 v+ ?& H

3 D1 K5 G5 c& Q3 n  iReid, 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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0 w% L# o& s8 f! B人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区6 O' L$ g: }8 _  F2 X

7 S% Y3 j. G- k6 v! G' Hrs238848.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.
, C( @5 z6 a3 r1 x* I7 }& Trs238848.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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* o: J, j/ d1 ~0 }; s' J"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区! o0 @7 d# S7 K6 I' h( X

# Q8 I$ t% U6 a  gThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区9 D9 Z5 A! N0 \; m. o# n) V6 Z

; J( Z9 V! ~) Q+ Z! b# [# b6 Hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.