[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。
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区7 |0 l, f( P* o1 g; \( |% l: v
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 W( ]3 Z% {2 L% G: {7 f4 U

1 X/ @, [2 ~  ~( y; E* Q' z" h* _) Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.4 e. L: H2 ^3 T, j0 o4 Q2 s# r

3 g! @' Q4 k* k- I& A" x人在德国 社区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.& P$ ?; l' C% x
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US 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.
) H6 V( N' T' ^% \Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.3 t. M* Z& q3 {1 o9 _
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! h/ R: q, k! f2 C. c
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. E$ _: S- x6 \. Q( G1 B8 h8 g; a: yThe 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.