[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 l4 n8 A7 R' n, `: L  y6 M
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
' i4 ~( n) d1 N9 v7 a- C6 FUS 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7 M+ j; U8 t5 c0 C8 Y. w

2 J; p8 Y0 l0 I" g2 n' R$ dThe 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.+ |+ z* z- N& O+ n
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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.
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# B6 Z5 i' P! J- p) T3 p: V  N$ vUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
# I1 Z4 F+ X: x( C' q/ t; kMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% y$ c: d# |; r  R5 x) A$ l
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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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( u! [% B( |/ R  f# {人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 a1 {" ?) e) e7 E

* H- z! i3 `" S+ G- [( M; GThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.% w8 R  Y. v* @) H2 s4 H& T: n; \

! }+ u4 E! d1 HThe 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.