[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。人在德国 社区, B  c" y$ a! O

' z- F/ `2 Q: I  k+ Y2 lCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US& g) K$ H3 u6 m, I5 l* A- I% Q
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.人在德国 社区, w0 m$ }( r; k& R

; S2 b2 Y, E: ^0 W5 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.
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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." G! g9 ^6 X4 `9 [, ?! ~! m! a

/ z  L* \' V4 f! I3 W$ `5 gUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.1 Q' u( P. K4 s5 _
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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., d  _9 c: C, e
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." U2 ?& u# B" q8 K
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) P1 ?$ i' T8 A# T8 ?; N
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 E: X2 w. B7 D6 K/ ~( y- r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.人在德国 社区3 t# v" t! [8 P/ a& M, r& g
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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.