[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。( q" y. M/ m5 q

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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2 A9 c5 ~% l  {* h: ]1 E" A

1 ~  h" ]) M4 ]& T0 KThe 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.$ D: }3 L! D( D
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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.人在德国 社区  m$ t$ D. ^, z  y

6 b* q8 D& {8 s. P- {US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.6 @( \) h8 F) ^: }5 s
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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.
. }5 d5 x7 @% W" ]/ E4 o人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 e8 y, ^2 W) |% |# 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.( v8 M% j5 X0 F. Q- u" a# N

/ M1 X0 V* ?0 @- G, _+ H"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 Z" `+ n5 N0 V, E

/ l1 `. K' }( K- F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.
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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.